County profile
Union County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1730 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,980
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
249
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,839
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$60.3k±$9.1k
Bachelor's degree+
13.1%±2.2%
Poverty rate
18.4%±3.3%
Business applications
143 · 2025
Retail establishments
50
38.1/10k 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 care24%
Mining & energy23%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade15%
Wholesale trade9%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,839
residents · 2025 · -5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $54.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−499
International migration−6
Natural change−271
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$710.5M2019
$811.7M2020
$885.5M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$104.5k±$13.3k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±3.1%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$911/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 88Ice storm 86Drought 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2092016
2042017
2092018
2152019
2202020
2412021
2982022
2852023
3062024
3372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2023–2025
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.5 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
15.7 km
WKRL
Nearest port
12.2 km
UNIONTOWN KY
Nearest commercial airport
56.1 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Union?
Union's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, contracting 7.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.