County profile
Fairfield County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#596 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
41,284
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,846
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
169,752
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$91.0k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
32.3%±1.3%
Poverty rate
8.0%±0.8%
Business applications
2,242 · 2025
Retail establishments
357
21.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care23%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation19%
Construction9%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
169,752
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $61.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,617
International migration+1,722
Natural change+5
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.8B2019
$5.0B2020
$5.5B2021
$6.0B2022
$6.5B2023
$6.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$298.8k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
5.7%±0.8%
Affordability
6.0× wages
Residential permits
$191.4M
1,146 units · 6.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 88Landslide 87Hail 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4192016
4432017
4732018
5032019
5252020
5932021
6962022
7502023
7992024
8402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 31% since 20218752021
5722022
4562023
4642024
1,1462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
IORY
Nearest port
97.3 km
GENERAL ELECTRIC ADVANCED MATERIALS, WASHINGTON DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
26.5 km
RICKENBACKER INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fairfield?
Fairfield's economy produced $6.8B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.