County profile
Marion County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1646 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,162
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
353
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,115
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$59.6k±$7.9k
Bachelor's degree+
15.1%±2.3%
Poverty rate
17.0%±2.9%
Business applications
218 · 2025
Retail establishments
60
30.0/10k 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
Manufacturing57%
Health care19%
Retail trade9%
Food & accommodation7%
Admin & support6%
Construction2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,115
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $49.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+409
International migration+251
Natural change−127
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$950.9M2019
$944.7M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.1k±$6.7k
Median gross rent
$726/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
8.9%±2.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$7.7M
56 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
30.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 65Strong wind 65Tornado 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2062016
2182017
2222018
2412019
2412020
2672021
3002022
3082023
3572024
4232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 44% since 2021392021
502022
382023
512024
562025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.3 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
30.8 km
KRM
Nearest port
78.0 km
Kosmos Cement Co., Stone Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
79.1 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marion?
Marion's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.