County profile
McCracken County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#586 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
34,581
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,061
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
67,553
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$64.4k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
29.0%±1.9%
Poverty rate
15.2%±1.6%
Business applications
981 · 2025
Retail establishments
383
56.5/10k 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 care26%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation15%
Construction10%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
67,553
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $71.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+506
International migration+378
Natural change−1,257
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.6B2019
$4.6B2020
$5.3B2021
$6.2B2022
$6.7B2023
$7.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$188.1k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$898/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
14.5%±1.8%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$38.6M
170 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 98Heat wave 95Ice storm 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3112016
3152017
3282018
3332019
3442020
3772021
4342022
4662023
4822024
5002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 27% since 20211342021
1542022
1502023
1872024
1702025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.8 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
PAL
Nearest port
0.2 km
Paducah-McCracken Riverport, KY
Nearest commercial airport
5.5 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):7,410,279 short tons/yr · Paducah-McCracken Riverport, KY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of McCracken?
McCracken's economy produced $7.0B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.