County profile
Huntington County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1254 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,827
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
912
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,224
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$66.3k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
21.3%±1.8%
Poverty rate
9.9%±1.6%
Business applications
320 · 2025
Retail establishments
129
34.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Vera Bradley, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$269.7M53D2Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$33.6M58CHQ-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
Manufacturing37%
Health care19%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation14%
Other services9%
Education7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,224
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+621
International migration+303
Natural change−336
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.6k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$879/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
5.7%±1.5%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$20.8M
64 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 68Tornado 68Drought 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2402016
2482017
2602018
2702019
2822020
3192021
3672022
3972023
4362024
4442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 2021732021
842022
612023
792024
642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.4 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
5.4 km
NS
Nearest port
152.3 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
29.7 km
FORT WAYNE INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Huntington?
Huntington's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% 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.