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Fayette

United States · GDP 2024
#1222 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
GDP growth
-1.5%
Jobs tracked
7,373
Employers
771
Avg. wage
$51.5k
Population
25,459
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$75.9k±$3.3k
Business applications
280 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation18%
Health care16%
Wholesale trade12%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,459
residents · 2025 · +3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $78.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,518
International migration+122
Natural change−688

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.6B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.2B
2022
$2.2B
2023
$2.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$293.9k±$21.5k
Median gross rent
$988/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
21.4%±2.3%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
22 (0.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
58.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 81Drought 74Tornado 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
224
2016
242
2017
256
2018
260
2019
283
2020
307
2021
399
2022
419
2023
431
2024
435
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.3 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
3.9 km
UP
Nearest port
120.1 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
80.4 km
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jackson$2.1BDeaf Smith$2.1BJasper$2.1BPhelps$2.1BVenango$2.1BMacon$2.1B
The read

Fayette's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, contracting 1.5% year over year — slower than 84% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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