County profile
Howard County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#675 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
31,554
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,813
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
83,904
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$64.0k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.8%±1.4%
Poverty rate
13.4%±1.1%
Business applications
907 · 2025
Retail establishments
330
39.3/10k 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
Manufacturing36%
Health care20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Other services6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
83,904
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,515
International migration+275
Natural change−1,468
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.4B2019
$4.2B2020
$4.6B2021
$4.9B2022
$5.5B2023
$5.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$165.0k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$937/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
10.7%±1.3%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$27.8M
106 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 85Tornado 84Hail 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2002016
2092017
2202018
2322019
2422020
2672021
3072022
3332023
3622024
3822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 20211902021
1642022
1382023
1942024
1062025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.9 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
TPW
Nearest port
139.2 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
66.7 km
DELAWARE COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.8k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Howard?
Howard's economy produced $5.5B in 2024, contracting 0.1% year over year — slower than 80% 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.