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County profile

Delaware

United States · GDP 2024
#680 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.4B
GDP growth
+2.8%
Jobs tracked
40,098
Employers
2,314
Avg. wage
$50.0k
Population
113,106
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$58.1k±$1.7k
Business applications
1,073 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1First Merchants CorporationFinancial Services———

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
Health care34%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing13%
Admin & support10%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
113,106
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $50.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,441
International migration+873
Natural change−1,974

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.3B
2019
$4.3B
2020
$4.6B
2021
$5.0B
2022
$5.3B
2023
$5.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$139.4k±$4.9k
Median gross rent
$906/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
10.4%±1.2%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
328 (2.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
76.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 90Hail 86Earthquake 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
205
2016
212
2017
225
2018
234
2019
243
2020
276
2021
312
2022
341
2023
360
2024
382
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.7 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
132.3 km
CHEVRON U.S.A.
Nearest commercial airport
1.6 km
DELAWARE COUNTY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

8 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KFirst Merchants Corporation07-02
8-KFirst Merchants Corporation06-24
8-KFirst Merchants Corporation05-20
8-KFirst Merchants Corporation05-19
8-KFirst Merchants Corporation05-19
10-QFirst Merchants Corporation05-01
8-KFirst Merchants Corporation04-22
8-KFirst Merchants Corporation04-16
DEF 14AFirst Merchants Corporation04-03
10-KFirst Merchants Corporation02-25
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Manitowoc$5.4BKendall$5.4BCarson City (Independent City)$5.4BNortheastern Connecticut$5.4BFayette$5.4BDouglas$5.4B
The read

Delaware's economy produced $5.4B in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 65% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.
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