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Fairfield

United States · GDP 2024
#1560 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
GDP growth
+6.4%
Jobs tracked
4,558
Employers
331
Avg. wage
$60.9k
Population
20,340
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$47.9k±$4.3k
Business applications
314 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$1.1B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.4B
2024

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
74 (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
152
2016
157
2017
162
2018
171
2019
180
2020
190
2021
224
2022
253
2023
257
2024
282
2025

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
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nearest by GDP
Iroquois$1.4BLyon$1.4BLogan$1.4BDeSoto$1.4BJasper$1.4BDecatur$1.4B
The read

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.
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