County profile
Crittenden County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2813 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$246.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,821
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
143
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,807
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$46.7k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
15.3%±3.3%
Poverty rate
17.7%±4.7%
Business applications
97 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
29.0/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Health care20%
Retail trade17%
Construction11%
Wholesale trade10%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,807
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $46.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−56
International migration+21
Natural change−157
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$184.6M2019
$181.5M2020
$208.5M2021
$224.0M2022
$248.6M2023
$246.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.3k±$24.7k
Median gross rent
$714/mo±$218/mo
Vacancy rate
18.5%±4.7%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$60.0k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
30.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 88Earthquake 82Drought 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1422016
1312017
1482018
1332019
1492020
1672021
1792022
1782023
2732024
2362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202112021
12022
02023
482024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.8 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
19.5 km
FVRR
Nearest port
13.5 km
SHAWNEETOWN FERRY, KENTUCKY SIDE
Nearest commercial airport
68.2 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Crittenden?
Crittenden's economy produced $246.1M in 2024, contracting 1.0% year over year — slower than 83% 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.