County profile
Adams County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1166 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,967
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
768
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,650
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$65.3k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
16.2%±1.8%
Poverty rate
11.2%±2.2%
Business applications
218 · 2025
Retail establishments
134
36.7/10k 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
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade15%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation8%
Other services7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,650
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−859
International migration+98
Natural change+1,556
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.8B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.4k±$13.3k
Median gross rent
$833/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±1.7%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$22.7M
98 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 86Tornado 76Heat wave 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1682016
1722017
1812018
1932019
1952020
2152021
2532022
2852023
2982024
3202025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 23% since 2021802021
932022
1202023
852024
982025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.0 km
I-469
Nearest freight rail
8.8 km
CFE
Nearest port
152.6 km
THE ANDERSONS-TOLEDO-EDWIN DRIVE ELEVATORS
Nearest commercial airport
33.7 km
FORT WAYNE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Adams?
Adams's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.