Places/IN/Dearborn County, IN
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 · 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
Food & accommodation23%
Health care23%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade20%
Construction7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
51,609
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $63.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+980
International migration+38
Natural change165

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.3B
2022
$2.5B
2023
$2.6B
2024

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 · 20162025
253
2016
261
2017
274
2018
289
2019
301
2020
335
2021
386
2022
416
2023
454
2024
472
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
22% since 2021
127
2021
108
2022
128
2023
120
2024
155
2025

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 · 20192023
$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Dearborn?

Dearborn's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 2.3% year over yearslower 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.