County profile
Whitley County, KY
United States · GDP 2024
#1482 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,058
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
629
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,297
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$44.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
26.3%±3.2%
Business applications
346 · 2025
Retail establishments
139
37.4/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Education14%
Manufacturing13%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,297
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $47.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+599
International migration+155
Natural change−178
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$131.8k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$798/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±2.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$6.3M
52 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 86Wildfire 85Winter weather 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1682017
1782018
1802019
1902020
2012021
2432022
2692023
2762024
2852025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 18% since 2021442021
372022
492023
662024
522025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.1 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
91.2 km
RON CONLEY ENTERPRISES, CARGILL KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
106.2 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Whitley?
Whitley's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 6.2% year over year — faster than most 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.