County profile
Kosciusko County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#535 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
38,731
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,039
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
80,892
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$75.3k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
9.8%±1.3%
Business applications
770 · 2025
Retail establishments
286
35.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.Healthcare$8.2B80B+2OrthoPediatrics Corp.Healthcare$236.3M69B3Lakeland Financial CorporationFinancial Services$985.0k59CHQ-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
Manufacturing41%
Health care13%
Retail trade12%
Wholesale trade12%
Management11%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
80,892
residents · 2025 · +0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $60.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−200
International migration+798
Natural change+135
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.8B2019
$6.2B2020
$6.7B2021
$7.0B2022
$7.6B2023
$7.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.0k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
17.8%±1.5%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$155.2M
409 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 91Tornado 86Cold wave 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2992016
3102017
3312018
3512019
3612020
4032021
4612022
4982023
5242024
5482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 11% since 20213692021
3562022
2772023
2612024
4092025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
NS
Nearest port
102.2 km
USCG Station, Michigan City, IN
Nearest commercial airport
63.2 km
FORT WAYNE INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR6 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.7k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kosciusko?
Kosciusko's economy produced $7.8B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 62% 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.