County profile
Fayette County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1473 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,593
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
710
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
38,165
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$53.2k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±1.8%
Poverty rate
19.2%±2.7%
Business applications
371 · 2025
Retail establishments
109
28.3/10k 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 care29%
Food & accommodation22%
Retail trade21%
Mining & energy11%
Manufacturing11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,165
residents · 2025 · -5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−479
International migration+40
Natural change−1,855
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$105.8k±$4.9k
Median gross rent
$788/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±2.2%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$7.4M
27 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$915/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 91Landslide 89Avalanche 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1422016
1492017
1542018
1492019
1532020
1712021
1802022
2232023
2422024
2672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -16% since 2021322021
372022
262023
282024
272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.4 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
21.2 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
27.1 km
RALEIGH COUNTY MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fayette?
Fayette's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 6.8% year over year — faster than most 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.