County profile
Knox County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1104 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,031
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
873
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
35,652
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$61.2k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
19.1%±2.0%
Poverty rate
13.7%±2.0%
Business applications
290 · 2025
Retail establishments
151
42.2/10k 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
Health care32%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation13%
Mining & energy9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
35,652
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $59.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−291
International migration+348
Natural change−645
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.6B2023
$2.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$137.7k±$11.7k
Median gross rent
$796/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±2.0%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$12.8M
39 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 90Drought 81Winter weather 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1902016
1932017
2022018
2062019
2092020
2282021
2652022
2882023
2952024
3042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 2021432021
302022
412023
362024
392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.9 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
80.4 km
PORT OF EVANSVILLE
Nearest commercial airport
72.4 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Knox?
Knox's economy produced $2.5B in 2024, contracting 2.2% year over year — slower than 86% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.