County profile
Montgomery County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1576 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,707
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
560
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,822
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$56.4k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±2.6%
Poverty rate
15.4%±2.8%
Business applications
313 · 2025
Retail establishments
115
39.9/10k 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
Manufacturing47%
Retail trade18%
Health care14%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,822
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $48.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+873
International migration+21
Natural change−200
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$172.2k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$830/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
10.0%±2.4%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$12.2M
53 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$905/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 67Winter weather 66Lightning 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2062016
2152017
2292018
2352019
2472020
2692021
3242022
3492023
3772024
3832025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 13% since 2021472021
542022
492023
572024
532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.8 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
20.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
50.1 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
60.8 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Montgomery?
Montgomery's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 3.4% 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.