County profile
Daviess County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#639 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
43,758
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,385
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
104,898
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
26.2%±1.4%
Poverty rate
14.7%±1.4%
Business applications
1,147 · 2025
Retail establishments
396
38.0/10k 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
Health care28%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support10%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
104,898
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $54.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−185
International migration+1,576
Natural change+120
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.9B2019
$4.9B2020
$5.1B2021
$5.5B2022
$6.0B2023
$6.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$199.9k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$918/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
6.3%±0.9%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$27.2M
253 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
88.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Earthquake 96Strong wind 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3252016
3402017
3542018
3682019
3862020
4232021
4842022
5062023
5362024
5582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -35% since 20213882021
2382022
2822023
2262024
2532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.9 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
3.9 km
Owensboro Riverport, KY
Nearest commercial airport
7.1 km
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,904,015 short tons/yr · Owensboro Riverport, KY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Daviess?
Daviess's economy produced $6.2B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 61% 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.