County profile
LaPorte County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#660 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
34,909
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,297
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
111,294
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$71.1k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
22.7%±1.3%
Poverty rate
13.6%±1.5%
Business applications
1,079 · 2025
Retail establishments
383
34.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Horizon Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———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
Manufacturing28%
Health care20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation17%
Wholesale trade8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
111,294
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $55.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+136
International migration+358
Natural change−1,498
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.3B2019
$4.2B2020
$4.8B2021
$5.2B2022
$5.7B2023
$5.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$195.5k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$976/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
12.8%±1.1%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$98.7M
291 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Tornado 93Hail 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3072016
3152017
3372018
3562019
3692020
4082021
4742022
5192023
5442024
5872025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 111% since 20211382021
3222022
2332023
2962024
2912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.2 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
CN
Nearest port
24.2 km
USCG Station, Michigan City, IN
Nearest commercial airport
24.5 km
PORTER COUNTY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR6 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of LaPorte?
LaPorte's economy produced $5.8B in 2024, growing 1.1% year over year — slower than 75% 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.