County profile
Perry County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1634 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,014
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
556
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,555
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$42.2k±$7.5k
Bachelor's degree+
14.8%±2.1%
Poverty rate
26.8%±4.3%
Business applications
221 · 2025
Retail establishments
119
44.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Kentucky First Federal BancorpFinancial Services$15.0k36DHQ-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 care46%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation11%
Mining & energy9%
Admin & support6%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,555
residents · 2025 · -6.4% since 2020
Income per capita $49.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−908
International migration+3
Natural change−919
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$985.4M2019
$970.8M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$91.8k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$798/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
16.7%±2.5%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$959/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Wildfire 78Winter weather 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1302016
1422017
1422018
1422019
1462020
1492021
1662022
2082023
1912024
1952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
79.3 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
126.1 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, MADISON-JESSAMINE
Nearest commercial airport
112.3 km
TRI-CITIES
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Perry?
Perry's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% of 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.