County profile
Ballard County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2617 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$354.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,617
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
155
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,594
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$9.3k
Bachelor's degree+
18.4%±3.1%
Poverty rate
15.0%±2.7%
Business applications
75 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
38.1/10k 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
Manufacturing46%
Health care21%
Retail trade18%
Professional services5%
Wholesale trade5%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,594
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $56.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+126
International migration+31
Natural change−278
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$217.3M2019
$222.9M2020
$272.9M2021
$309.2M2022
$344.1M2023
$354.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$145.8k±$17.2k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$147/mo
Vacancy rate
13.3%±3.2%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
39.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Earthquake 89Ice storm 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1502016
1402017
1392018
1462019
1622020
1672021
1872022
2202023
2062024
2372025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.9 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
12.7 km
CN
Nearest port
12.8 km
WATERFRONT SERVICES CO., FLEET MOORINGS
Nearest commercial airport
20.0 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.3k
avg. annual pay · -11% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ballard?
Ballard's economy produced $354.2M in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 64% of 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.