County profile
Muhlenberg County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1494 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,372
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
537
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,634
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.7%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
14.7%±2.0%
Poverty rate
18.4%±2.5%
Business applications
291 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
34.7/10k 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
Health care30%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction11%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,634
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $46.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+270
International migration+53
Natural change−596
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.4k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$718/mo±$72/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±2.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.1M
5 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 93Earthquake 86Hail 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1342016
1372017
1312018
1462019
1442020
1562021
1812022
1842023
2092024
2322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -17% since 202162021
72022
52023
52024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.5 km
I-169
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
15.5 km
PARADISE POWER PLANT TVA
Nearest commercial airport
58.2 km
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Muhlenberg?
Muhlenberg's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 4.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.