County profile
Clay County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2463 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$454.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,642
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
229
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,465
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.5%
Median HH income
$40.9k±$7.5k
Bachelor's degree+
15.5%±2.3%
Poverty rate
32.4%±4.5%
Business applications
160 · 2025
Retail establishments
62
31.7/10k 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
Health care44%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing9%
Construction4%
Professional services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,465
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $43.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−297
International migration+9
Natural change−569
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$361.8M2019
$386.2M2020
$403.0M2021
$413.5M2022
$440.6M2023
$454.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$90.7k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$724/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
15.9%±3.3%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Wildfire 85Winter weather 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1122015
1202016
1102017
1162018
1192019
1282020
1512021
1732023
2022024
1932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.9 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
4.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
99.5 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
125.5 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clay?
Clay's economy produced $454.8M in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 62% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.