County profile
Bourbon County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1622 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,084
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
382
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,243
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$61.4k±$7.0k
Bachelor's degree+
26.3%±2.8%
Poverty rate
14.2%±2.4%
Business applications
252 · 2025
Retail establishments
55
27.0/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade26%
Health care15%
Construction14%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,243
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $64.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+141
International migration+131
Natural change−328
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$955.1M2019
$862.2M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$229.3k±$18.0k
Median gross rent
$822/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
11.4%±2.6%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$16.8M
109 units · 5.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 77Tornado 59Earthquake 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2192016
2222017
2312018
2422019
2502020
2722021
3272022
3592023
3712024
3912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 166% since 2021412021
352022
1092023
902024
1092025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
TTIS
Nearest port
44.3 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
39.1 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bourbon?
Bourbon's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 9.6% year over year — faster than 90% 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.