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County profile

Elkhart

United States · GDP 2024
#253 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$20.6B
GDP growth
+1.8%
Jobs tracked
136,199
Employers
5,211
Avg. wage
$59.4k
Population
208,774
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$68.6k±$2.3k
Business applications
2,181 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Thor Industries, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$9.6B61C2LCI IndustriesConsumer Cyclical$4.1B64C3Patrick Industries, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$4.0B61C4Crystal Valley Financial CorporationFinancial Services$50.2M60C5Primix CorporationIndustrials———

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
Manufacturing65%
Health care10%
Retail trade9%
Wholesale trade7%
Food & accommodation6%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
208,774
residents · 2025 · +0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $60.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−6,753
International migration+4,031
Natural change+4,463

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$16.3B
2019
$16.2B
2020
$19.5B
2021
$21.0B
2022
$20.2B
2023
$20.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$210.4k±$4.8k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
10.2%±1.1%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
777 (3.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
83.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 96Cold wave 95Hail 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
381
2016
402
2017
431
2018
452
2019
472
2020
527
2021
609
2022
650
2023
680
2024
720
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
NS
Nearest port
76.6 km
RIETH-RILEY CONSTRUCTION CENTRAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
40.0 km
SOUTH BEND INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

20 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KLCI Industries06-30
8-KPatrick Industries, Inc.06-30
8-KLCI Industries06-23
8-KThor Industries, Inc.06-16
8-KLCI Industries06-05
8-KThor Industries, Inc.06-03
10-QThor Industries, Inc.06-03
8-KPatrick Industries, Inc.05-18
8-KLCI Industries05-12
8-KLCI Industries05-12
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Luzerne$20.6BAnoka$20.6BWhatcom$20.6BYolo$20.5BKalamazoo$20.7BOsceola$20.4B
The read

Elkhart's economy produced $20.6B in 2024, growing 1.8% year over year — slower than 72% 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.
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