County profile
Fulton County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1081 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,890
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
924
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
41,853
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$72.9k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.2%±1.7%
Poverty rate
9.4%±1.9%
Business applications
338 · 2025
Retail establishments
141
33.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———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
Manufacturing54%
Health care13%
Retail trade12%
Food & accommodation8%
Construction7%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
41,853
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $58.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−700
International migration+276
Natural change−379
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.6B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$191.0k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$863/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
4.2%±1.1%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$17.8M
57 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 75Tornado 67Hail 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2062016
2182017
2222018
2342019
2392020
2672021
2962022
3262023
3462024
3582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 84% since 2021312021
222022
442023
242024
572025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
5.2 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
49.2 km
THE ANDERSONS-TOLEDO-EDWIN DRIVE ELEVATORS
Nearest commercial airport
26.9 km
EUGENE F KRANZ TOLEDO EXPRESS
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fulton?
Fulton's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, contracting 0.6% year over year — slower than 82% of 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.