County profile
Hancock County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1930 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$899.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,372
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
136
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$77.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,050
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$65.5k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
17.3%±3.0%
Poverty rate
16.2%±3.0%
Business applications
70 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
21.1/10k 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
Manufacturing80%
Transportation6%
Retail trade4%
Health care4%
Construction3%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,050
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $60.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+23
International migration+0
Natural change−79
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$819.3M2019
$704.6M2020
$863.9M2021
$998.9M2022
$939.1M2023
$899.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$141.2k±$17.5k
Median gross rent
$740/mo±$145/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±2.6%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$2.3M
15 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 72Earthquake 70Hail 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1762016
1772017
1722018
1902019
1992020
2222021
2352022
2632023
2752024
2862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 50% since 2021102021
92022
112023
92024
152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.4 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
6.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
7.7 km
CANNELTON IND WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
36.2 km
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$77.7k
avg. annual pay · +11% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hancock?
Hancock's economy produced $899.7M in 2024, contracting 4.2% year over year — slower than 90% 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.