County profile
Bath County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2783 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$260.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,501
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
149
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,176
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.6%
Median HH income
$56.5k±$8.6k
Bachelor's degree+
12.3%±2.5%
Poverty rate
25.3%±4.6%
Business applications
127 · 2025
Retail establishments
28
21.6/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Health care17%
Construction17%
Admin & support14%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,176
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $42.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+560
International migration+3
Natural change−101
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$216.5M2019
$209.7M2020
$213.3M2021
$237.6M2022
$254.7M2023
$260.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$129.8k±$14.8k
Median gross rent
$659/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±3.9%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 74Winter weather 42Landslide 41
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2024
1492015
1292016
1492017
1542018
1492019
1592020
1752021
2092022
2232023
2172024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
22023
22024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.2 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
28.5 km
TTIS
Nearest port
53.5 km
Dravo Lime Co., Maysville Division Coal Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
76.8 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bath?
Bath's economy produced $260.7M in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 68% 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.