County profile
Fountain County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#2228 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$637.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,384
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
332
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,013
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$62.5k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
14.7%±1.9%
Poverty rate
12.4%±2.7%
Business applications
145 · 2025
Retail establishments
64
37.9/10k 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
Manufacturing46%
Health care20%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services5%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,013
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+730
International migration+35
Natural change−244
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$472.3M2019
$476.1M2020
$580.9M2021
$645.2M2022
$673.8M2023
$637.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.4k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$843/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
11.9%±2.8%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$4.6M
29 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 68Cold wave 67Drought 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2032016
2192017
2272018
2392019
2462020
2912021
3072022
3432023
3772024
4092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -60% since 2021732021
182022
112023
192024
292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.3 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
16.0 km
VVRR
Nearest port
155.1 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
41.4 km
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fountain?
Fountain's economy produced $637.5M in 2024, contracting 5.4% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.