County profile
Clark County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1259 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,466
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
784
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,888
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$64.3k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.9%±2.2%
Poverty rate
14.6%±2.2%
Business applications
521 · 2025
Retail establishments
128
34.0/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Admin & support17%
Health care17%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,888
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,214
International migration+125
Natural change−508
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$205.8k±$13.3k
Median gross rent
$938/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±1.6%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$25.8M
166 units · 4.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 80Tornado 68Winter weather 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2252016
2312017
2492018
2532019
2672020
2932021
3422022
3682023
3892024
4142025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1% since 20211652021
1862022
1642023
1602024
1662025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.1 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
28.7 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
41.0 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.4k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clark?
Clark's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most 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.