County profile
Taylor County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1715 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,968
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
631
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,763
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$60.5k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
23.0%±3.6%
Poverty rate
17.5%±3.1%
Business applications
297 · 2025
Retail establishments
131
48.9/10k 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
Retail trade34%
Health care23%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support5%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,763
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+851
International migration+158
Natural change−270
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$918.4M2019
$936.9M2020
$941.3M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$174.2k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$718/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±2.4%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$2.9M
9 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 84Hail 70Tornado 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2142016
2232017
2312018
2462019
2502020
2862021
3392022
3812023
4072024
4052025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 2021102021
102022
92023
102024
92025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.2 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
39.9 km
KRM
Nearest port
79.3 km
KENTUCKY 214 MONROE COUNTY "MCMILLIAN FERRY"
Nearest commercial airport
96.6 km
LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Taylor?
Taylor's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.