Places/KY/Pulaski County, KY
County profile

Pulaski County, KY

United States · GDP 2024
#973 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,712
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,454
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
67,384
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
18.1%±1.7%
Poverty rate
19.7%±2.1%
Business applications
914 · 2025
Retail establishments
294
43.9/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care29%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade6%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
67,384
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $51.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+3,275
International migration+381
Natural change1,396

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.3B
2019
$2.3B
2020
$2.5B
2021
$2.7B
2022
$2.9B
2023
$3.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.9k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$803/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±1.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$21.1M
129 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$926/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 95Hail 89Cold wave 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
214
2016
218
2017
226
2018
233
2019
247
2020
282
2021
328
2022
351
2023
376
2024
389
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
0
2021
16
2022
17
2023
122
2024
129
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
3.4 km
NS
Nearest port
83.1 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
103.7 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Pulaski?

Pulaski's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over yearabout 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.