Places/KY/Mason County, KY
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 · 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
Manufacturing25%
Health care25%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation15%
Utilities6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
16,936
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+58
International migration+57
Natural change302

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.2B
2019
$1.2B
2020
$1.3B
2021
$1.5B
2022
$1.5B
2023
$1.5B
2024

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 · 20162025
153
2016
151
2017
163
2018
164
2019
168
2020
189
2021
205
2022
229
2023
242
2024
248
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-10% since 2021
29
2021
23
2022
32
2023
30
2024
26
2025

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 · 20192023
$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Mason?

Mason's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 0.3% year over yearslower 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.