County profile
McCreary County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2629 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$348.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,522
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
157
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,124
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.3%
Median HH income
$33.8k±$7.4k
Bachelor's degree+
8.5%±2.2%
Poverty rate
38.9%±5.2%
Business applications
157 · 2025
Retail establishments
45
26.6/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade26%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation18%
Finance & insurance3%
Professional services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,124
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $37.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+539
International migration+4
Natural change−277
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$269.0M2019
$283.8M2020
$299.6M2021
$302.1M2022
$329.3M2023
$348.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$85.3k±$10.2k
Median gross rent
$577/mo±$92/mo
Vacancy rate
15.3%±3.8%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 91Winter weather 78Wildfire 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2024
1042015
1092016
1202017
1172018
1262019
1302020
1342021
1522022
1642023
1692024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.4 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
NS
Nearest port
93.8 km
TENN VALLEY PORT AUTH KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
111.8 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of McCreary?
McCreary's economy produced $348.9M in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster 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.