County profile
Hardin County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#564 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
36,716
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,253
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
113,482
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$67.6k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.8%±1.5%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.5%
Business applications
1,604 · 2025
Retail establishments
407
36.1/10k 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
Health care24%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation17%
Admin & support9%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
113,482
residents · 2025 · +2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $58.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,145
International migration+950
Natural change+558
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.5B2019
$5.5B2020
$6.0B2021
$6.6B2022
$7.2B2023
$7.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$225.8k±$8.0k
Median gross rent
$971/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±1.4%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$92.5M
432 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 95Ice storm 92Hail 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2422016
2522017
2642018
2752019
2832020
3222021
3722022
4112023
4342024
4542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 22% since 20213532021
9842022
1,6802023
9452024
4322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.4 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
PAL
Nearest port
37.8 km
Kosmos Cement Co., Stone Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
56.6 km
LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.5k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hardin?
Hardin's economy produced $7.3B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.