County profile
Caldwell County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2354 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$543.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,557
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
266
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,609
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$59.6k±$10.6k
Bachelor's degree+
17.1%±3.1%
Poverty rate
15.1%±4.1%
Business applications
132 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
42.9/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade23%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support8%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,609
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $47.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+113
International migration−25
Natural change−120
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$404.9M2019
$415.6M2020
$471.9M2021
$504.0M2022
$540.4M2023
$543.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$118.5k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$767/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±3.3%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 89Earthquake 86Drought 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1592016
1612017
1732018
1752019
1782020
1872021
2292022
2202023
2792024
2842025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202192021
02022
02023
502024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
FVRR
Nearest port
20.1 km
DUNBAR & SULLIVAN INC
Nearest commercial airport
80.8 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Caldwell?
Caldwell's economy produced $543.0M in 2024, growing 0.5% year over year — slower than 78% 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.