County profile
Garrard County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2494 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$431.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,654
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
251
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,207
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$7.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.7%±2.4%
Poverty rate
15.9%±2.6%
Business applications
223 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
18.9/10k 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
Construction26%
Health care20%
Manufacturing15%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,207
residents · 2025 · +7.3% since 2020
Income per capita $48.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,499
International migration+137
Natural change−367
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$279.1M2019
$275.5M2020
$289.8M2021
$336.4M2022
$391.5M2023
$431.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$204.9k±$14.9k
Median gross rent
$794/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
8.0%±2.4%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
30.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$900/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 69Hail 62Ice storm 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1792016
1812017
1862018
2012019
2072020
2302021
2762022
2962023
3162024
3252025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.6 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
20.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
24.2 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
44.5 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Garrard?
Garrard's economy produced $431.8M in 2024, growing 10.3% year over year — faster than 92% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.