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Laurel County, KY

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2025

Laurel County, Kentucky, a core county of the Middlesborough-Corbin, KY market, holds $1.3B in deposits across 13 insured institutions and 27 branches. Cumberland Valley National Bank & Trust Company is the largest deposit holder at 24.8% share. The top three banks hold 60% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 36.2% since 2020 while the branch count rose by 12.5%. It produces $2.3B of output, ranking #871 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$2.3B
#871 of 1,523
Population
63,746
#814 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$36,515
#1,016 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/25)
$1.3B
#830 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$19,677
#909 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$46M
#1,415 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
13
#465 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
42.4
#180 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$57M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #1,340 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
79.2%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #619 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
60%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2020 to 2025)+36.2% over 5 years
$921M
2020
$1.0B
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.1B
2024
$1.3B
2025

Branches: 24 in 2020 to 27 in 2025. Institutions: 12 to 13. Top-three share: 64% to 60%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Cumberland Valley National Bank & Trust Company$311M24.8%6+19%
Commercial Bank$244M19.4%5+16%
PNC Bank$201M16.0%2+69%
Community Trust Bank, Inc.$172M13.7%3+79%
Forcht Bank$110M8.8%2+18%
Truist Bank$61M4.8%1+5%
Hometown Bank of Corbin, Inc.$57M4.6%2+97%
1st Trust Bank, Inc.$42M3.3%1+13%
The First National Bank of Manchester$25M2.0%1+506%
First State Bank of the Southeast, Inc$16M1.3%1no 2020 presence
The Monticello Banking Company$7M0.6%1no 2020 presence
Whitaker Bank$5M0.4%1-11%
Woodforest National Bank$4M0.3%1+16%

The 13 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Middlesborough-Corbin market

Laurel County is one of 5 counties that make up the Middlesborough-Corbin, KY market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #264 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 43.7% of the market’s output and holds 40.6% of its deposits.

MeasureLaurel CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$2.3B43.7%
Deposits$1.3B40.6%
Population63,74636.9%

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