County profile
Fayette County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1222 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,373
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
771
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,459
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$75.9k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
27.5%±2.3%
Poverty rate
8.6%±1.7%
Business applications
280 · 2025
Retail establishments
114
44.7/10k 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
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
$1.7B2019
$1.6B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.1B2024
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
$3.5M
22 units · 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
2242016
2422017
2562018
2602019
2832020
3072021
3992022
4192023
4312024
4352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 100% since 2021112021
142022
292023
172024
222025
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
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What is the GDP of Fayette?
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.