County profile
Simpson County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1685 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,630
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
422
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,788
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$59.9k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
18.8%±3.1%
Poverty rate
15.5%±3.3%
Business applications
256 · 2025
Retail establishments
76
37.2/10k 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
Manufacturing44%
Retail trade15%
Transportation15%
Food & accommodation13%
Health care7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,788
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,175
International migration+93
Natural change−122
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$943.3M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$229.4k±$21.7k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±2.4%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$78.4M
396 units · 19.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 83Earthquake 77Ice storm 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2042016
2112017
2282018
2402019
2502020
2752021
3322022
3692023
3832024
4002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 205% since 20211302021
2822022
1292023
2042024
3962025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.0 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
47.1 km
GARROTT BROTHERS INC
Nearest commercial airport
28.7 km
BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Simpson?
Simpson's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, contracting 5.3% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.