County profile
Carlisle County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2774 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$264.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
691
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
80
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,747
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$62.4k±$7.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.9%±3.1%
Poverty rate
15.1%±3.1%
Business applications
58 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
27.3/10k 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%
Retail trade15%
Health care13%
Finance & insurance10%
Other services7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,747
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $63.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+63
International migration+24
Natural change−145
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$172.4M2019
$166.9M2020
$207.3M2021
$229.9M2022
$268.8M2023
$264.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$120.4k±$27.3k
Median gross rent
$792/mo±$183/mo
Vacancy rate
19.2%±5.0%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
18.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$915/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 86Ice storm 83Drought 71
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.3 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
CN
Nearest port
15.5 km
INGRAM BARGE CO., MOORES LANDING FLEET MOORING
Nearest commercial airport
28.9 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carlisle?
Carlisle's economy produced $264.6M in 2024, contracting 1.5% year over year — slower than 84% 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.