County profile
Butler County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2530 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$409.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,185
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
190
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,520
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$56.1k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
9.9%±2.3%
Poverty rate
20.5%±4.8%
Business applications
127 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
27.2/10k 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
Manufacturing49%
Health care17%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,520
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $47.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+178
International migration+177
Natural change−157
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$313.5M2019
$302.8M2020
$340.9M2021
$367.3M2022
$395.1M2023
$409.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$111.1k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$679/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
16.3%±3.2%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 81Earthquake 67Ice storm 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1342016
1512017
1432018
1512019
1532020
1672021
2102022
2402023
2632024
2742025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
72023
62024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.6 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
25.4 km
PAL
Nearest port
10.2 km
MILE 122, BUTLER COUNTY FERRY SERVICE, LOGANSPORT, HWY. 269
Nearest commercial airport
35.6 km
BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Butler?
Butler's economy produced $409.3M in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.