County profile
Dearborn County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1083 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,570
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
988
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
51,609
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$84.7k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±2.0%
Poverty rate
7.6%±1.2%
Business applications
426 · 2025
Retail establishments
145
28.0/10k 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
Food & accommodation23%
Health care23%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade20%
Construction7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,609
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $63.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+980
International migration+38
Natural change−165
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$243.4k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$845/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
3.9%±1.2%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$66.1M
155 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Strong wind 80Tornado 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2532016
2612017
2742018
2892019
3012020
3352021
3862022
4162023
4542024
4722025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 22% since 20211272021
1082022
1282023
1202024
1552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.3 km
I-275
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
CIND
Nearest port
11.5 km
Consolidated Grain & Barge Upper Wharf, Aurora Terminal
Nearest commercial airport
28.5 km
CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dearborn?
Dearborn's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.