County profile
Letcher County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2358 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$538.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,171
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
277
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,952
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.4%
Median HH income
$41.8k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
12.5%±1.9%
Poverty rate
24.4%±3.5%
Business applications
139 · 2025
Retail establishments
56
27.7/10k 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 care38%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation15%
Mining & energy11%
Transportation5%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,952
residents · 2025 · -7.0% since 2020
Income per capita $44.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−563
International migration+31
Natural change−996
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$373.6M2019
$357.2M2020
$410.9M2021
$478.2M2022
$547.6M2023
$538.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$67.4k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$669/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
20.2%±2.5%
Affordability
1.5× wages
Residential permits
$160.0k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 91Wildfire 76Avalanche 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2022
1552013
1572014
1542015
1452016
1532017
1592018
1592019
1622020
1812021
1822022
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
12024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
67.4 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
6.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
133.9 km
Redbud South
Nearest commercial airport
82.2 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Letcher?
Letcher's economy produced $538.8M in 2024, contracting 1.6% 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.