Places/KY/Gallatin County, KY
County profile

Gallatin County, KY

United States · GDP 2024
#2456 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$461.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,373
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
84
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$68.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,840
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$63.3k±$6.3k
Bachelor's degree+
15.0%±2.7%
Poverty rate
13.8%±4.2%
Business applications
89 · 2025
Retail establishments
18
20.5/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Wholesale trade49%
Health care19%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation6%
Manufacturing6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
8,840
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+185
International migration+33
Natural change46

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$357.5M
2019
$338.0M
2020
$395.0M
2021
$429.7M
2022
$453.4M
2023
$461.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.2k±$11.1k
Median gross rent
$832/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
14.4%±3.8%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$2.2M
51 units · 5.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 70Tornado 47Landslide 35
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
106
2016
113
2017
113
2018
121
2019
120
2020
131
2021
145
2022
168
2023
182
2024
168
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-14% since 2021
59
2021
63
2022
50
2023
56
2024
51
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.9 km
I-71
Nearest freight rail
5.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
13.9 km
GALLATIN TRANSIT
Nearest commercial airport
36.4 km
CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$68.7k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Gallatin?

Gallatin's economy produced $461.4M in 2024, growing 1.8% year over yearslower than 72% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale trade.

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.