 As of March 2009, the population of Fondachelli-Fantina was 1,234 with a density of 30 inhabitants per square kilometer.Its economy is based primarily on livestock breeding (cattle, pigs, goats and sheep) and the cultivation of grains, dried fruit, wine grapes and wood, the "Maiorchino" is the cheese most famous produced in the zone.On 22 June and the second Friday of July each year, the town hosts cattle fairs which are attended by exhibitors from other communities.