County profile
Estill County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2715 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$291.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,542
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
179
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,962
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.1%
Median HH income
$46.1k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
12.2%±2.2%
Poverty rate
20.7%±4.1%
Business applications
130 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
25.1/10k 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 care32%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing15%
Wholesale trade11%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,962
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $44.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+353
International migration+54
Natural change−612
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$228.4M2019
$227.4M2020
$242.5M2021
$266.4M2022
$285.6M2023
$291.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$119.5k±$12.8k
Median gross rent
$711/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
13.0%±3.2%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 59Landslide 52Avalanche 52
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1712017
1902018
1892019
1952020
2102021
2632022
2392023
2912024
2892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
12022
02023
12024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.6 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
44.9 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
68.3 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Estill?
Estill's economy produced $291.9M in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% 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.