Places/KY/Harrison County, KY
County profile

Harrison County, KY

United States · GDP 2024
#2128 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$710.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,594
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
297
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,627
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
22.5%±3.5%
Poverty rate
17.1%±2.9%
Business applications
206 · 2025
Retail establishments
49
25.2/10k 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
Manufacturing36%
Health care27%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction5%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
19,627
residents · 2025 · +4.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,141
International migration6
Natural change217

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$548.4M
2019
$525.8M
2020
$583.2M
2021
$616.5M
2022
$667.6M
2023
$710.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$202.1k±$17.2k
Median gross rent
$765/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±2.7%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$14.2M
68 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 73Tornado 63Earthquake 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
176
2016
189
2017
185
2018
199
2019
211
2020
228
2021
261
2022
268
2023
303
2024
308
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-3% since 2021
70
2021
73
2022
68
2023
69
2024
68
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
42.1 km
FOSTER KY
Nearest commercial airport
51.1 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Harrison?

Harrison's economy produced $710.3M in 2024, growing 6.4% year over yearfaster than most 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.