County profile
Fairfield County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1560 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,558
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
331
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,340
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$47.9k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
15.2%±2.2%
Poverty rate
15.6%±2.8%
Business applications
314 · 2025
Retail establishments
55
26.9/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Utilities16%
Professional services15%
Retail trade15%
Health care14%
Food & accommodation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,340
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $57.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+285
International migration+2
Natural change−838
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.2k±$19.4k
Median gross rent
$938/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
18.8%±3.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$25.7M
74 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 87Hurricane 75Tornado 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1572017
1622018
1712019
1802020
1902021
2242022
2532023
2572024
2822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 35% since 2021552021
662022
762023
912024
742025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.7 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
NS
Nearest port
182.6 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
50.7 km
COLUMBIA METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Fairfield?
Fairfield's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most 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.