County profile
Calloway County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1320 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,709
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
906
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
39,421
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.4%
Median HH income
$52.7k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
31.2%±2.7%
Poverty rate
17.2%±2.8%
Business applications
402 · 2025
Retail establishments
155
39.8/10k 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
Manufacturing21%
Transportation19%
Health care18%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,421
residents · 2025 · +4.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,948
International migration+462
Natural change−589
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$183.2k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$870/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
15.8%±1.8%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$5.3M
20 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 95Ice storm 91Winter weather 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1862016
1912017
1932018
1992019
2052020
2252021
2602022
2882023
3012024
3152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -85% since 20211372021
872022
612023
812024
202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.7 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
KWT
Nearest port
18.3 km
CONSOLIDATED GRAIN & BARGE CO.,MURRAY GRAIN ELV DK
Nearest commercial airport
66.1 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Calloway?
Calloway's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 3.5% 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.