County profile
Decatur County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1329 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,035
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
652
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,576
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$69.8k±$7.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.0%±2.5%
Poverty rate
10.2%±2.4%
Business applications
241 · 2025
Retail establishments
110
41.5/10k 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
Manufacturing44%
Health care14%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support9%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,576
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+18
International migration+137
Natural change−38
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.9B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$199.1k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$861/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±2.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$20.9M
70 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 62Tornado 60Earthquake 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2072016
2152017
2222018
2362019
2512020
2782021
3082022
3472023
3742024
3762025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 20211292021
802022
572023
662024
702025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.1 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
CIND
Nearest port
59.0 km
Consolidated Grain & Barge Upper Wharf, Aurora Terminal
Nearest commercial airport
34.4 km
COLUMBUS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Decatur?
Decatur's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% 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.