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Fayette County in figures

A profile of Fayette County from official statistics: 24 figures in 6 sections, each with its period, its change from a year earlier, its rank among similar places where a ranking exists, and its source.

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

People

Population in Fayette County was 25,459 in 2025, down 0.2% from 2024, and the 102nd highest of 254 counties in Texas.

Population25,4592025Down 0.2% from 2024The 102nd highest of 254 counties in Texas
Median age48.2 years2024Down 0.4 years from 2023The 27th highest of 254 counties in Texas
Population aged 65 and over29.1%2025Up 0.4 percentage points from 2024The 23rd highest of 254 counties in Texas
Foreign-born population share6.3%2024Down 1 percentage point from 2023
Population density10.3 inhabitants per km²2025Down 0.2% from 2024
Net domestic migration, July to June932025, estimatedCompared with 123 in 2024
24.4K24.6K24.8K25K25.2K25.4K25.6K2020202120222023202420252020: 24,511 persons2021: 24,734 persons2022: 24,972 persons2023: 25,436 persons2024: 25,501 persons2025: 25,459 persons
Population, 2020 to 2025. persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program resident population on 1 July divided by land area from the latest Census Gazetteer files, persons per km²; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Population and demography statistics and rankings

Work and income

Unemployment rate in Fayette County was 4.4% (provisional) in August 2026, up 0.3 percentage points from August 2025, and tied for the 114th lowest of 254 counties in Texas.

Unemployment rate4.4%August 2026, provisionalUp 0.3 percentage points from August 2025Tied for the 114th lowest of 254 counties in Texas
Median household income$75,8542024Down 0.9% from 2023The 47th highest of 254 counties in Texas
Per capita personal income$78,6282024Up 6.2% from 2023The 37th highest of 254 counties in Texas
Poverty rate (US official measure)10.2%2024Up 0.9 percentage points from 2023
Gini index47.92024Down 0.3 points from 2023
33.544.552021-072022-042023-012023-102024-072025-042026-082021-07: 5 %2021-08: 4.9 %2021-09: 4.6 %2021-10: 4.4 %2021-11: 4.4 %2021-12: 4 %2022-01: 4.5 %2022-02: 4.3 %2022-03: 3.7 %2022-04: 3.5 %2022-05: 3.8 %2022-06: 4.3 %2022-07: 4.2 %2022-08: 4.1 %2022-09: 4.1 %2022-10: 4.1 %2022-11: 4 %2022-12: 3.7 %2023-01: 4.3 %2023-02: 4.4 %2023-03: 3.9 %2023-04: 3.7 %2023-05: 4 %2023-06: 4.2 %2023-07: 4.2 %2023-08: 4.3 %2023-09: 3.9 %2023-10: 3.7 %2023-11: 3.4 %2023-12: 3.4 %2024-01: 3.9 %2024-02: 4.1 %2024-03: 3.5 %2024-04: 3.1 %2024-05: 3.4 %2024-06: 4.1 %2024-07: 4.3 %2024-08: 4.2 %2024-09: 3.7 %2024-10: 4 %2024-11: 4 %2024-12: 3.5 %2025-01: 4 %2025-02: 4.1 %2025-03: 3.8 %2025-04: 3.4 %2025-05: 3.7 %2025-06: 3.7 %2025-07: 3.9 %2025-08: 4.1 %2025-09: 3.9 %2025-11: 3.8 %2025-12: 3.4 %2026-01: 4.1 %2026-02: 4 %2026-03: 3.7 %2026-04: 3.5 %2026-05: 3.8 %2026-06: 4.6 %2026-07: 4.5 %2026-08: 4.4 %
Unemployment rate, July 2021 to August 2026. %. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents; U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). Labor market statistics and rankings

Economy

GDP (US dollars) in Fayette County was $2.14 billion in 2024, down 1.5% from 2023, and the 105th highest of 254 counties in Texas.

Gross domestic product (GDP), US dollars$2.14 billion2024Down 1.5% from 2023The 105th highest of 254 counties in Texas
GDP per capita, US dollars$84,0872024Down 1.5% from 2023The 79th highest of 254 counties in Texas
Real GDP growth-1.3%2024Down 9.9 percentage points from 2023Tied for the 72nd lowest of 254 counties in Texas
1,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002,25020012005200920132017202120242001: 1,313.1 USD million2002: 1,216.2 USD million2003: 1,370.2 USD million2004: 1,323 USD million2005: 1,359.5 USD million2006: 1,453 USD million2007: 1,564.3 USD million2008: 1,637.2 USD million2009: 1,503.5 USD million2010: 1,525.1 USD million2011: 1,611.6 USD million2012: 1,560.6 USD million2013: 1,848.6 USD million2014: 1,887.2 USD million2015: 1,558.9 USD million2016: 1,454 USD million2017: 1,586.9 USD million2018: 1,606.1 USD million2019: 1,661.6 USD million2020: 1,574 USD million2021: 1,956.4 USD million2022: 2,221.7 USD million2023: 2,175.8 USD million2024: 2,143.2 USD million
Gross domestic product (GDP), US dollars, 2001 to 2024. USD million. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions).

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions); Invokely, GDP in current dollars (BEA SAGDP2 and CAGDP1) divided by mid-year population (BEA SAINC1 and CAINC1); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. Economy statistics and rankings

Prices and housing

Median home value in Fayette County was $293,900 in 2024, up 8.4% from 2023, and the 33rd highest of 250 counties in Texas.

Median home value$293,9002024Up 8.4% from 2023The 33rd highest of 250 counties in Texas
County house price annual change, sales and refinances0.88%2025Down 2.03 percentage points from 2024The 59th lowest of 171 counties in Texas
Median gross rent (monthly)$9882024Up 8.7% from 2023Tied for the 110th highest of 249 counties in Texas
Homeownership rate (US, housing units)79.4%2024Down 0.4 percentage points from 2023
Housing units authorized by building permits222025, estimatedUp 29.4% from 2024
200K220K240K260K280K300K20212022202320242021: 211,900 USD2022: 254,200 USD2023: 271,100 USD2024: 293,900 USD
Median home value, 2021 to 2024. USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077: median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077: median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units; Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA developmental all-transactions county house prices, published annual percent change, nominal, not seasonally adjusted; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs; U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. Housing statistics and rankings

Business and tourism

Employer firms in Fayette County were 662 in 2023, down 0.2% from 2022, and the 80th highest of 253 counties in Texas.

Employer firms6622023Down 0.2% from 2022The 80th highest of 253 counties in Texas
Farms2,9052022No 2021 figure to compareThe 7th highest of 254 counties in Texas
62064066068070019992003200720112015201920231999: 628 count2000: 625 count2001: 639 count2002: 627 count2003: 633 count2004: 637 count2005: 654 count2006: 666 count2007: 669 count2008: 685 count2009: 670 count2010: 649 count2011: 652 count2012: 650 count2013: 642 count2014: 645 count2015: 664 count2016: 664 count2017: 666 count2018: 666 count2019: 683 count2020: 669 count2021: 652 count2022: 663 count2023: 662 count
Employer firms, 1999 to 2023. count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties; U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Companies statistics and rankings

Energy and environment

Median Air Quality Index (US EPA) in Fayette County was 34 in 2018, up 1 point from 2017.

Median Air Quality Index (US EPA)342018Up 1 point from 2017
Share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)79.4%2018Down 6.4 percentage points from 2017
Average annual temperature72.1 °F2025Down 0.8 °F from 2024The 45th highest of 254 counties in Texas
303540455020052007200920112013201520182005: 47 index2006: 45 index2007: 46 index2008: 48 index2009: 44 index2010: 40 index2011: 39 index2012: 39 index2013: 38 index2014: 39 index2015: 33 index2016: 34 index2017: 33 index2018: 34 index
Median Air Quality Index (US EPA), 2005 to 2018. index. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Environment and emissions statistics and rankings

Sources and citations

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  1. U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b01002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  3. U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  4. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  5. U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program resident population on 1 July divided by land area from the latest Census Gazetteer files, persons per km². https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  6. U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: net domestic migration, states and counties, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  7. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  9. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
  10. U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  11. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
  12. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions). https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  13. Invokely calculation from GDP in current dollars (BEA SAGDP2 and CAGDP1) divided by mid-year population (BEA SAINC1 and CAINC1). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#gdp_per_capita_usd. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  14. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP11.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
  15. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077: median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25077.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  16. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA developmental all-transactions county house prices, published annual percent change, nominal, not seasonally adjusted. https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/annual/hpi_at_county.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
  17. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  18. U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: owner-occupied housing units as a percentage of occupied housing units, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  19. U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
  20. U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
  21. Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Retrieved through Data Commons (https://datacommons.org).
  22. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: median daily AQI. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  23. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  24. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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