County profile
Fayette County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1182 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,980
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
594
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,552
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$63.3k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
14.4%±2.1%
Poverty rate
15.5%±2.2%
Business applications
308 · 2025
Retail establishments
141
49.1/10k 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
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
$1.7B2019
$1.8B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.3B2024
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
$20.6M
81 units · 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
3452016
3472017
3882018
4082019
4352020
4892021
5502022
6102023
6772024
7152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 145% since 2021332021
342022
642023
712024
812025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.2 km
I-71
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
IORY
Nearest port
96.1 km
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., Beckjord Station, Coal Unloading Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
32.4 km
WILMINGTON AIR PARK
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fayette?
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.