County profile
Benton County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#2245 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$623.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,214
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
160
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,883
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$65.9k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%±2.9%
Poverty rate
13.9%±3.0%
Business applications
84 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
30.4/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Wholesale trade18%
Retail trade14%
Health care13%
Transportation9%
Finance & insurance9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,883
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+76
International migration+84
Natural change+14
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$490.1M2019
$519.7M2020
$575.8M2021
$654.6M2022
$681.6M2023
$623.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.0k±$13.4k
Median gross rent
$774/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±2.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$1.7M
6 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 43Earthquake 42Hail 40
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1702016
1752017
1942018
1972019
2132020
2312021
2822022
3082023
3172024
3392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 100% since 202132021
02022
02023
02024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.2 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
KBSR
Nearest port
102.6 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
38.3 km
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.3k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Benton?
Benton's economy produced $623.3M in 2024, contracting 8.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.