Places/KY/Madison County, KY
County profile

Madison County, KY

United States · GDP 2024
#762 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
25,781
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,808
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
101,696
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.4%
Median HH income
$63.4k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
34.4%±1.7%
Poverty rate
15.1%±1.1%
Business applications
3,170 · 2025
Retail establishments
294
29.5/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade23%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation19%
Construction7%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
101,696
residents · 2025 · +9.3% since 2020
Income per capita $49.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+7,391
International migration+698
Natural change+404

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$3.2B
2019
$3.1B
2020
$3.3B
2021
$3.8B
2022
$4.1B
2023
$4.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$232.0k±$6.7k
Median gross rent
$889/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
8.4%±1.3%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$78.6M
813 units · 8.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$904/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 94Strong wind 89Winter weather 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
219
2016
231
2017
241
2018
249
2019
260
2020
288
2021
336
2022
357
2023
383
2024
399
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
79% since 2021
455
2021
890
2022
378
2023
816
2024
813
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.9 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
19.9 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
45.7 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Madison?

Madison's economy produced $4.4B in 2024, growing 7.7% year over yearfaster 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.