County profile
Boyd County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#852 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,522
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,169
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
47,751
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$61.1k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
20.0%±1.9%
Poverty rate
16.9%±1.7%
Business applications
464 · 2025
Retail establishments
213
44.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1TX Rail Products, IncIndustrials$3.9M——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
Health care39%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing9%
Other services7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
47,751
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+755
International migration+63
Natural change−1,307
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.6B2019
$2.6B2020
$3.3B2021
$3.6B2022
$3.8B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$130.7k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$849/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±1.8%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
12 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 97Landslide 83Ice storm 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2322016
2262017
2322018
2452019
2502020
2652021
2892022
3092023
3262024
3452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
12022
52023
92024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.2 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
5.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
7.8 km
TRANSLOAD TERMINAL INC
Nearest commercial airport
11.1 km
TRI-STATE/MILTON J FERGUSON FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Boyd?
Boyd's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, contracting 1.4% year over year — slower than 84% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.