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Fayette

United States · GDP 2024
#1182 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
GDP growth
-5.9%
Jobs tracked
9,980
Employers
594
Avg. wage
$47.0k
Population
28,552
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$63.3k±$4.3k
Business applications
308 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade23%
Management17%
Food & accommodation15%
Health care14%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,552
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+46
International migration+59
Natural change−509

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.8B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.1B
2022
$2.4B
2023
$2.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.7k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$822/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±2.0%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
81 (2.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
25.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$992/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 66Drought 66Earthquake 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
345
2016
347
2017
388
2018
408
2019
435
2020
489
2021
550
2022
610
2023
677
2024
715
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Union$2.3BLee$2.3BMcClain$2.3BWalker$2.3BCatoosa$2.3BShenandoah$2.3B
The read

Fayette's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, contracting 5.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.
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