County profile
Jefferson County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1249 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,850
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
677
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,279
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$64.6k±$5.3k
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
12.3%±2.1%
Business applications
320 · 2025
Retail establishments
115
34.8/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care22%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation14%
Education7%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,279
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $57.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+548
International migration+167
Natural change−517
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$194.6k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$890/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
11.9%±2.3%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$15.6M
68 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$971/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 85Strong wind 83Tornado 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2582016
2652017
2782018
2962019
3082020
3502021
4082022
4352023
4592024
4852025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 2021652021
702022
722023
582024
682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.5 km
I-71
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
CMPA
Nearest port
5.7 km
Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp, Clifty Creek Station Lower Coal Dock
Nearest commercial airport
66.2 km
COLUMBUS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 0.9% year over year — slower than 76% 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.