County profile
Jennings County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1878 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$959.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,070
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
488
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,622
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$69.3k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.8%±2.3%
Poverty rate
12.6%±2.2%
Business applications
225 · 2025
Retail establishments
66
23.8/10k 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
Manufacturing36%
Transportation15%
Health care15%
Construction14%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,622
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+56
International migration+84
Natural change−99
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$777.3M2019
$744.9M2020
$810.4M2021
$895.2M2022
$934.5M2023
$959.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.5k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$988/mo±$84/mo
Vacancy rate
6.7%±2.0%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$18.4M
77 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 78Tornado 68Earthquake 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2322016
2382017
2552018
2732019
2872020
3282021
3852022
4062023
4262024
4612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 45% since 2021532021
452022
812023
842024
772025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.6 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
CMPA
Nearest port
34.3 km
Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp, Clifty Creek Station Lower Coal Dock
Nearest commercial airport
37.4 km
COLUMBUS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jennings?
Jennings's economy produced $959.7M in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% 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.