County profile
Hart County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1993 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$843.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,073
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
276
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,117
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$52.3k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
12.2%±2.3%
Poverty rate
19.3%±3.2%
Business applications
215 · 2025
Retail establishments
55
27.6/10k 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
Manufacturing63%
Retail trade13%
Health care9%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction3%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,117
residents · 2025 · +4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $46.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+846
International migration−3
Natural change−7
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$614.1M2019
$603.3M2020
$661.8M2021
$743.6M2022
$801.4M2023
$843.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$146.0k±$16.9k
Median gross rent
$693/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±2.5%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$31.9M
272 units · 13.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 85Ice storm 67Strong wind 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1872016
1932017
2102018
2042019
2292020
2562021
3192022
3222023
3432024
3562025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 332% since 2021632021
772022
772023
792024
2722025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.6 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
74.9 km
KENTUCKY 214 MONROE COUNTY "MCMILLIAN FERRY"
Nearest commercial airport
60.4 km
BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hart?
Hart's economy produced $843.3M in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — faster 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.