County profile
Wayne County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#2332 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$560.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,114
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
284
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,597
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.6%
Median HH income
$45.7k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
13.9%±2.4%
Poverty rate
24.8%±4.2%
Business applications
206 · 2025
Retail establishments
70
35.8/10k 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
Manufacturing36%
Health care20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support9%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,597
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $40.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+511
International migration+64
Natural change−527
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$463.3M2019
$466.5M2020
$533.2M2021
$561.5M2022
$542.4M2023
$560.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.7k±$14.2k
Median gross rent
$727/mo±$65/mo
Vacancy rate
20.3%±2.6%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 91Landslide 81Winter weather 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1462017
1502018
1582019
1652020
1902021
2112022
2352023
2602024
2772025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2022
02021
02022
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
58.3 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
26.6 km
BSFX
Nearest port
66.5 km
KENTUCKY 214 MONROE COUNTY "MCMILLIAN FERRY"
Nearest commercial airport
132.9 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wayne?
Wayne's economy produced $560.2M in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 62% of 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.