County profile
Barren County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1340 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,882
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
853
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,641
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$50.6k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
18.3%±1.8%
Poverty rate
19.4%±2.5%
Business applications
474 · 2025
Retail establishments
198
43.6/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Health care24%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation19%
Wholesale trade7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,641
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $46.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,186
International migration+451
Natural change−524
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.0k±$7.8k
Median gross rent
$796/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±1.7%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$56.0M
204 units · 4.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$868/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 90Strong wind 89Tornado 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2462016
2552017
2602018
2722019
2832020
3192021
3782022
4062023
4432024
4482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -32% since 20213022021
1752022
1312023
2832024
2042025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.6 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
3.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
46.2 km
KENTUCKY 214 MONROE COUNTY "MCMILLIAN FERRY"
Nearest commercial airport
43.3 km
BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Barren?
Barren's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.