County profile
Jackson County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2893 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$206.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,032
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
109
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$36.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,325
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
8.5%
Median HH income
$40.0k±$12.2k
Bachelor's degree+
8.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
19.5%±4.6%
Business applications
113 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
19.6/10k 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
Health care41%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing14%
Information10%
Food & accommodation8%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,325
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $41.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+580
International migration−3
Natural change−223
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$172.8M2019
$180.6M2020
$180.1M2021
$186.9M2022
$203.0M2023
$206.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$111.5k±$18.5k
Median gross rent
$665/mo±$204/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±4.0%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 88Wildfire 80Winter weather 52
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2011–2021
1122011
1192012
1222013
1202014
1212016
1322017
1282018
1302019
1292020
1452021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.0 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
21.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
60.9 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
86.9 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$36.5k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $206.9M in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% 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.