County profile
Anderson County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2014 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$814.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,175
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
352
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,225
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$74.5k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
26.2%±3.1%
Poverty rate
11.5%±2.7%
Business applications
286 · 2025
Retail establishments
59
23.6/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation16%
Health care10%
Other services7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,225
residents · 2025 · +5.5% since 2020
Income per capita $50.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,160
International migration+166
Natural change−18
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$584.3M2019
$586.4M2020
$632.7M2021
$674.6M2022
$766.6M2023
$814.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$225.1k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$927/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
6.5%±2.4%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$44.1M
147 units · 5.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 81Strong wind 68Tornado 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1922016
2082017
2172018
2222019
2332020
2582021
3022022
3312023
3452024
3612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -17% since 20211782021
1922022
872023
752024
1472025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
8.5 km
NS
Nearest port
51.2 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
33.5 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Anderson?
Anderson's economy produced $814.7M in 2024, growing 6.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.