County profile
Lee County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2959 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$160.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,387
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
90
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,297
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$37.6k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
9.2%±2.4%
Poverty rate
27.4%±4.5%
Business applications
55 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
30.2/10k 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 care32%
Admin & support32%
Retail trade15%
Manufacturing9%
Food & accommodation9%
Mining & energy3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,297
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $38.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+255
International migration+0
Natural change−322
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$132.6M2019
$128.6M2020
$137.2M2021
$152.4M2022
$159.4M2023
$160.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$83.9k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$603/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
19.6%±4.3%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
7.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$939/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 84Wildfire 58Winter weather 35
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
52.7 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
69.3 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
92.6 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lee?
Lee's economy produced $160.5M in 2024, growing 0.7% year over year — slower than 77% 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.