Places/KY/Pike County, KY
County profile

Pike County, KY

United States · GDP 2024
#1062 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,918
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,109
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
54,721
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.9%
Median HH income
$44.3k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
17.8%±1.7%
Poverty rate
24.4%±2.2%
Business applications
503 · 2025
Retail establishments
250
45.2/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services

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 care37%
Retail trade29%
Food & accommodation15%
Mining & energy8%
Finance & insurance6%
Manufacturing5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
54,721
residents · 2025 · -6.4% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration1,554
International migration+156
Natural change2,343

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.1B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.2B
2021
$2.4B
2022
$2.6B
2023
$2.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$112.0k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$858/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±1.7%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$3.2M
14 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$977/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Wildfire 90Winter weather 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
165
2016
168
2017
173
2018
171
2019
178
2020
186
2021
197
2022
212
2023
220
2024
225
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
75% since 2021
8
2021
20
2022
10
2023
5
2024
14
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
92.0 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
5.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
94.5 km
Redbud South
Nearest commercial airport
101.1 km
TRI-STATE/MILTON J FERGUSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Pike?

Pike's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 2.4% year over yearslower than 68% 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.