County profile
Jefferson County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#67 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$78.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
470,153
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
20,164
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$69.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
795,222
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$69.9k±$1.2k
Bachelor's degree+
37.0%±0.6%
Poverty rate
14.3%±0.7%
Business applications
15,979 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,538
32.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Yum! Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$8.2B75B+2Texas Roadhouse, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$5.9B73B3Humana Inc.Healthcare$5.8B86A4Brown-Forman CorporationConsumer Defensive$3.9B74B5Churchill Downs IncorporatedConsumer Cyclical$2.9B76B+6Papa John's International, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.1B61C7Turning Point Brands, Inc.Consumer Defensive$463.1M73B8Republic Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$417.5M65B9Charah Solutions, Inc.Industrials$293.2M——10Sypris Solutions, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$119.9M39D11Creative Realities, Inc.Technology$57.2M51D12Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$23.4M59C13LogicMark, Inc.Technology$11.4M48D14Champion Gaming Group Inc.Technology$1.0M——15The Keller Manufacturing Company, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$77.6k——16American Business Corp.Financial Services$0——17Dynastar Holdings, Inc.Industrials———18LEEP, Inc.Industrials———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 care25%
Transportation19%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
795,222
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $70.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−28,957
International migration+38,789
Natural change+2,753
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$59.7B2019
$59.8B2020
$64.5B2021
$70.6B2022
$76.2B2023
$78.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$248.4k±$2.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$13/mo
Vacancy rate
7.8%±0.4%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$650.7M
3,001 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
98.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 100Heat wave 97Earthquake 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4782016
5062017
5282018
5502019
5692020
6262021
6992022
7392023
7842024
8162025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 57% since 20211,9172021
2,8112022
3,7132023
2,8632024
3,0012025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.7 km
I-264
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
NS
Nearest port
0.2 km
Louisville-Jefferson Port, KY
Nearest commercial airport
7.1 km
LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):9,183,831 short tons/yr · Louisville-Jefferson Port, KY
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR9 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$69.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $78.8B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.