County profile
Cass County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1302 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,070
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
658
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,836
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$56.4k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%±1.8%
Poverty rate
13.2%±2.1%
Business applications
325 · 2025
Retail establishments
103
27.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Logansport Financial Corp.Financial Services$15.4M46DHQ-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
Manufacturing41%
Health care23%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction7%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,836
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−915
International migration+840
Natural change+128
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$133.8k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$783/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.5%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$8.5M
28 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 86Hail 76Cold wave 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2002016
2112017
2332018
2412019
2552020
2862021
3242022
3452023
3942024
4112025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 2021312021
242022
242023
382024
282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
52.6 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
LER
Nearest port
102.7 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
63.2 km
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cass?
Cass's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% 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.