County profile
Mason County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1495 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,951
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
404
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,936
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.8%
Median HH income
$52.2k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
20.0%±2.9%
Poverty rate
18.8%±2.9%
Business applications
215 · 2025
Retail establishments
88
52.0/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Health care25%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation15%
Utilities6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,936
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+58
International migration+57
Natural change−302
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.5k±$18.1k
Median gross rent
$727/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±2.9%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$7.6M
26 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$913/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 73Tornado 58Earthquake 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1532016
1512017
1632018
1642019
1682020
1892021
2052022
2292023
2422024
2482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 2021292021
232022
322023
302024
262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
6.0 km
TTIS
Nearest port
8.2 km
CROUNSE CORP
Nearest commercial airport
76.5 km
CINCINNATI MUNI/LUNKEN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Mason?
Mason's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 0.3% year over year — slower than 78% of 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.