Places/KY/Larue County, KY
County profile

Larue County, KY

United States · GDP 2024
#2677 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$313.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,095
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
221
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,184
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$67.1k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
15.5%±2.9%
Poverty rate
17.9%±3.4%
Business applications
156 · 2025
Retail establishments
40
26.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing26%
Health care21%
Finance & insurance16%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation14%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
15,184
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $46.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+459
International migration+54
Natural change217

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$239.5M
2019
$248.3M
2020
$280.8M
2021
$274.3M
2022
$294.9M
2023
$313.9M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$183.5k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$860/mo±$99/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±2.9%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$15.3M
59 units · 3.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
12.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 61Earthquake 51Strong wind 45
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
209
2016
215
2017
241
2018
238
2019
256
2020
289
2021
353
2022
398
2023
383
2024
434
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-2% since 2021
60
2021
50
2022
62
2023
65
2024
59
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.7 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
15.6 km
KRM
Nearest port
57.7 km
Kosmos Cement Co., Stone Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
70.0 km
LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$41.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Larue?

Larue's economy produced $313.9M in 2024, growing 6.4% year over yearfaster 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.