County profile
Bell County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1846 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$997.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,692
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
436
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,829
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.2%
Median HH income
$31.4k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±2.5%
Poverty rate
28.8%±3.4%
Business applications
191 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
46.1/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade25%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation18%
Mining & energy6%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,829
residents · 2025 · -4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $45.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−98
International migration−12
Natural change−1,040
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$782.5M2019
$755.3M2020
$824.4M2021
$877.4M2022
$981.7M2023
$997.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$89.0k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$592/mo±$70/mo
Vacancy rate
14.5%±2.4%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$4.3M
41 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Wildfire 73Cold wave 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1182016
1322017
1342018
1302019
1352020
1532021
1742022
1672023
1902024
2062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 2021472021
412022
412023
442024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
87.3 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Knoxville Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
106.3 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bell?
Bell's economy produced $997.4M in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% 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.