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County profile

Blackford

United States · GDP 2024
#2503 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$428.1M
GDP growth
-4.7%
Jobs tracked
2,639
Employers
231
Avg. wage
$46.4k
Population
11,730
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$51.3k±$5.6k
Business applications
90 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing40%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation15%
Retail trade13%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,730
residents · 2025 · -3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $47.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−43
International migration+36
Natural change−371

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$352.9M
2019
$340.6M
2020
$382.2M
2021
$422.1M
2022
$449.0M
2023
$428.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$107.5k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$699/mo±$88/mo
Vacancy rate
11.6%±2.9%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
17 (1.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
9.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 45Earthquake 45Heat wave 36
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
155
2016
161
2017
189
2018
187
2019
200
2020
220
2021
275
2022
256
2023
309
2024
317
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.9 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
NS
Nearest port
155.6 km
CHEVRON U.S.A.
Nearest commercial airport
26.4 km
DELAWARE COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Putnam$427.9MArcher$428.7MHaskell$427.3MScreven$427.0MWeston$429.2MForest$430.3M
The read

Blackford's economy produced $428.1M in 2024, contracting 4.7% year over year — slower than 90% 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.
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