County profile
Carroll County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1112 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,600
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
233
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$70.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,141
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$56.5k±$12.9k
Bachelor's degree+
11.4%±2.4%
Poverty rate
23.1%±4.4%
Business applications
130 · 2025
Retail establishments
43
38.7/10k 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
Manufacturing62%
Retail trade9%
Food & accommodation9%
Admin & support8%
Transportation6%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,141
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $50.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+192
International migration+66
Natural change+48
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$140.9k±$33.0k
Median gross rent
$910/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
11.0%±3.8%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$250.0k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$974/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 58Strong wind 56Ice storm 41
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1482017
1572018
1622019
1732020
1812021
2102022
2262023
2402024
2782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -83% since 202162021
42022
42023
32024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.7 km
I-71
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
4.5 km
DOW CORNING CORP CARROLTON KY
Nearest commercial airport
57.9 km
CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$70.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carroll?
Carroll's economy produced $2.5B in 2024, growing 1.1% year over year — slower than 76% 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.