Places/KY/Grayson County, KY
County profile

Grayson County, KY

United States · GDP 2024
#1847 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$996.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,333
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
431
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,406
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.1%
Median HH income
$50.8k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
16.1%±2.1%
Poverty rate
20.1%±2.9%
Business applications
284 · 2025
Retail establishments
95
35.0/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care22%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade9%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
27,406
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $46.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+992
International migration+16
Natural change53

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$765.5M
2019
$771.4M
2020
$829.0M
2021
$900.0M
2022
$966.6M
2023
$996.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.6k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$658/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
24.2%±2.2%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$5.3M
36 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 86Ice storm 80Strong wind 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
161
2016
172
2017
179
2018
184
2019
189
2020
212
2021
244
2022
251
2023
276
2024
287
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
500% since 2021
6
2021
1
2022
13
2023
27
2024
36
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.6 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
PAL
Nearest port
44.1 km
MILE 122, BUTLER COUNTY FERRY SERVICE, LOGANSPORT, HWY. 269
Nearest commercial airport
55.7 km
BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$42.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Grayson?

Grayson's economy produced $996.8M in 2024, growing 3.1% year over yearslower than 63% of 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.