Places/KY/Washington County, KY
County profile

Washington County, KY

United States · GDP 2024
#2446 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$468.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,390
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
251
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,368
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$61.6k±$8.1k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±3.1%
Poverty rate
12.7%±2.5%
Business applications
164 · 2025
Retail establishments
40
32.5/10k 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
Manufacturing36%
Health care29%
Retail trade12%
Construction10%
Other services7%
Food & accommodation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
12,368
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $50.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+420
International migration+74
Natural change170

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$337.1M
2019
$327.9M
2020
$355.6M
2021
$386.9M
2022
$438.0M
2023
$468.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$179.2k±$30.0k
Median gross rent
$744/mo±$195/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±2.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$2.3M
26 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 55Ice storm 54Tornado 53
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
162
2016
162
2017
174
2018
184
2019
190
2020
210
2021
258
2022
264
2023
285
2024
302
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
73% since 2021
15
2021
15
2022
23
2023
18
2024
26
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.4 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
22.8 km
RJCR
Nearest port
64.4 km
Louisville-Jefferson Port, KY
Nearest commercial airport
58.7 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$50.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Washington?

Washington's economy produced $468.0M in 2024, growing 6.9% year over yearfaster than most 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.