County profile
Clay County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1814 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,428
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
492
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,410
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$70.0k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.3%±2.3%
Poverty rate
11.7%±2.7%
Business applications
209 · 2025
Retail establishments
83
31.5/10k 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
Manufacturing42%
Health care18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,410
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $48.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+348
International migration+5
Natural change−364
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$800.1M2019
$798.3M2020
$881.4M2021
$958.4M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.0k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$873/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
9.4%±3.0%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$5.2M
26 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 73Strong wind 69Winter weather 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1842016
1902017
1932018
2002019
2102020
2312021
2622022
3012023
3392024
3452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 86% since 2021142021
162022
312023
682024
262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.2 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
11.1 km
INRD
Nearest port
133.4 km
Southern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
17.7 km
TERRE HAUTE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clay?
Clay's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% 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.