County profile
Graves County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1392 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,905
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
668
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,050
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$50.8k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
18.4%±2.3%
Poverty rate
19.9%±2.8%
Business applications
380 · 2025
Retail establishments
130
35.3/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade20%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade9%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,050
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+504
International migration+411
Natural change−381
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.8k±$12.5k
Median gross rent
$775/mo±$80/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±2.1%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$24.6M
83 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 97Ice storm 94Strong wind 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1742016
1802017
1802018
1912019
1992020
2082021
2472022
2652023
2732024
2932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1086% since 202172021
82022
82023
92024
832025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.0 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
PAL
Nearest port
35.9 km
TRINITY MARINE, SYNTECHNICS WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
39.1 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Graves?
Graves's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.