County profile
Pendleton County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2528 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$410.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,644
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
172
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,800
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$64.7k±$10.1k
Bachelor's degree+
15.4%±2.6%
Poverty rate
15.9%±3.5%
Business applications
110 · 2025
Retail establishments
25
16.9/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Admin & support18%
Retail trade14%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,800
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $50.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+279
International migration+10
Natural change−141
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$294.9M2019
$300.8M2020
$333.2M2021
$358.5M2022
$397.1M2023
$410.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.8k±$18.5k
Median gross rent
$793/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±3.8%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 71Strong wind 59Landslide 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1302016
1202017
1322018
1392019
1422020
1632021
1882022
2102023
2202024
2442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.0 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
17.6 km
FOSTER KY
Nearest commercial airport
45.5 km
CINCINNATI MUNI/LUNKEN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pendleton?
Pendleton's economy produced $410.9M in 2024, growing 3.5% 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.