County profile
Christian County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#533 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
24,327
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,290
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
70,115
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.2%
Median HH income
$55.5k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±1.6%
Poverty rate
17.1%±1.9%
Business applications
819 · 2025
Retail establishments
235
32.9/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Retail trade17%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation12%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
70,115
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $49.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−6,130
International migration+486
Natural change+2,901
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.1B2019
$6.2B2020
$6.7B2021
$7.2B2022
$7.7B2023
$7.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.6k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±1.2%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$22.0M
175 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 94Tornado 91Ice storm 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1822016
1862017
1922018
1962019
2112020
2362021
2752022
3002023
3292024
3502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 92% since 2021912021
762022
1422023
1902024
1752025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.8 km
I-169
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
40.5 km
HOPKINSVILLE ELEVATOR CO
Nearest commercial airport
95.4 km
BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Christian?
Christian's economy produced $7.9B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% 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.