County profile
Montgomery County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1188 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,331
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
882
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
38,954
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$71.5k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.4%±2.0%
Poverty rate
10.5%±1.5%
Business applications
355 · 2025
Retail establishments
129
33.2/10k 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
Manufacturing43%
Retail trade15%
Health care14%
Food & accommodation12%
Information9%
Education7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,954
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $53.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+742
International migration+266
Natural change+8
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.6B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.8k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$858/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
5.9%±1.7%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$24.4M
93 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$966/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 79Winter weather 76Hail 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2062016
2142017
2232018
2362019
2462020
2832021
3182022
3422023
3622024
3822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 18% since 2021792021
512022
532023
522024
932025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.0 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
164.1 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
41.5 km
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Montgomery?
Montgomery's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, contracting 1.2% year over year — slower than 83% 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.