County profile
Knott County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2755 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$273.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,399
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
155
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,321
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.8%
Median HH income
$41.8k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
19.5%±4.0%
Poverty rate
23.3%±4.3%
Business applications
100 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
25.3/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Health care26%
Education19%
Information12%
Food & accommodation9%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,321
residents · 2025 · -5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $46.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−179
International migration+43
Natural change−705
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$227.2M2019
$233.8M2020
$224.3M2021
$241.2M2022
$265.2M2023
$273.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$77.0k±$11.9k
Median gross rent
$756/mo±$174/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±3.9%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
52.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Wildfire 74Avalanche 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2012–2021
1282012
1252013
1262014
1252015
1232016
1142017
1102018
1272019
1202020
1282021
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
94.7 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
11.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
111.0 km
Redbud South
Nearest commercial airport
109.1 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.4k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Knott?
Knott's economy produced $273.8M in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 62% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.