County profile
Henderson County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1040 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,375
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
966
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
44,255
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$58.9k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
14.6%±1.8%
Business applications
446 · 2025
Retail establishments
144
32.5/10k 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
Manufacturing45%
Health care16%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation13%
Other services7%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
44,255
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−341
International migration+318
Natural change−393
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.7B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.9k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$777/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
8.1%±2.0%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$26.6M
112 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$949/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 93Strong wind 88Ice storm 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2542016
2592017
2692018
2752019
2892020
3162021
3552022
3842023
4052024
4082025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 93% since 2021582021
322022
442023
922024
1122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.3 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
0.0 km
Henderson County Riverport, KY
Nearest commercial airport
27.5 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,111,107 short tons/yr · Henderson County Riverport, KY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Henderson?
Henderson's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% 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.