County profile
Leslie County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2905 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$196.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,125
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
88
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,627
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$35.9k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
11.5%±3.4%
Poverty rate
30.3%±6.3%
Business applications
47 · 2025
Retail establishments
20
20.5/10k 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 care47%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation11%
Finance & insurance6%
Professional services5%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,627
residents · 2025 · -8.1% since 2020
Income per capita $45.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−422
International migration+0
Natural change−427
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$171.6M2019
$165.7M2020
$160.8M2021
$179.5M2022
$199.6M2023
$196.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$69.0k±$14.0k
Median gross rent
$585/mo±$149/mo
Vacancy rate
14.1%±4.6%
Affordability
1.6× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
31.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 95Avalanche 66Wildfire 63
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.9 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
21.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
125.1 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
110.8 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.5k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Leslie?
Leslie's economy produced $196.8M in 2024, contracting 1.4% year over year — slower than 84% 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.