County profile
Fayette County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#677 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
31,590
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,485
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
123,021
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$58.2k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
19.1%±1.1%
Poverty rate
16.8%±1.1%
Business applications
1,043 · 2025
Retail establishments
409
33.0/10k 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 care32%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing12%
Admin & support7%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
123,021
residents · 2025 · -4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $52.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−711
International migration+428
Natural change−5,263
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.8B2019
$4.4B2020
$4.5B2021
$5.0B2022
$5.4B2023
$5.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.2k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$793/mo±$18/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±1.0%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$51.2M
196 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 87Lightning 81Hail 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2422016
2522017
2602018
2692019
2732020
2952021
3322022
3442023
3652024
3792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -17% since 20212352021
2882022
1772023
1892024
1962025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.5 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
SWP
Nearest port
24.9 km
ALLEGHENY ENERGY SUPPLY, HATFIELD POWER STATION, NEMACOLIN DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
38.5 km
MORGANTOWN MUNI/WALTER L BILL HART FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fayette?
Fayette's economy produced $5.4B in 2024, growing 0.9% year over year — slower than 76% of 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.