County profile
Rockcastle County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2495 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$431.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,060
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
209
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,148
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.2%
Median HH income
$48.9k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
13.7%±2.2%
Poverty rate
25.6%±3.5%
Business applications
149 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
28.4/10k 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 care42%
Information21%
Retail trade11%
Food & accommodation10%
Manufacturing8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,148
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $44.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+695
International migration−1
Natural change−603
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$348.7M2019
$355.4M2020
$354.5M2021
$386.2M2022
$428.9M2023
$431.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$123.6k±$15.2k
Median gross rent
$676/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
11.6%±3.5%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
36.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 85Winter weather 63Hail 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1122016
1162017
1172018
1222019
1302020
1372021
1772022
1692023
1772024
2002025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.2 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
54.2 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
78.9 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.5k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rockcastle?
Rockcastle's economy produced $431.6M in 2024, growing 0.6% year over year — slower than 77% 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.