County profile
Mercer County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1731 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,351
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
359
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,733
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$64.8k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±3.1%
Poverty rate
10.7%±3.1%
Business applications
340 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
23.0/10k 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
Manufacturing52%
Retail trade14%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,733
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $49.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,396
International migration+68
Natural change−393
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$832.5M2019
$797.4M2020
$877.0M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$202.3k±$16.5k
Median gross rent
$831/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
12.3%±2.5%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$24.4M
132 units · 5.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 75Tornado 69Ice storm 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2532016
2622017
2822018
2912019
3012020
3332021
3822022
4262023
4802024
4782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 238% since 2021392021
1242022
1462023
1482024
1322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
NS
Nearest port
38.2 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
34.1 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.5k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Mercer?
Mercer's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 4.8% 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.