County profile
Owsley County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#3081 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$68.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
401
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
42
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,932
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$22.2k±$9.3k
Bachelor's degree+
7.1%±3.5%
Poverty rate
36.1%±7.4%
Business applications
25 · 2025
Retail establishments
9
22.9/10k 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
Health care73%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation4%
Other services3%
Real estate2%
share of top-5 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,932
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $52.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+108
International migration−1
Natural change−206
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$53.3M2019
$52.9M2020
$59.4M2021
$61.2M2022
$65.7M2023
$68.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$80.1k±$23.1k
Median gross rent
$448/mo±$268/mo · low reliability
Vacancy rate
23.6%±6.4%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
6.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 82Wildfire 65Earthquake 25
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.7 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
15.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
81.5 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
106.4 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Owsley?
Owsley's economy produced $68.9M in 2024, growing 5.0% 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.