County profile
Newton County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#2404 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$504.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,151
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
232
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,188
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$75.5k±$7.1k
Bachelor's degree+
15.3%±2.6%
Poverty rate
14.0%±3.1%
Business applications
147 · 2025
Retail establishments
40
28.4/10k 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
Food & accommodation26%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade22%
Health care14%
Wholesale trade10%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,188
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $53.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+426
International migration+238
Natural change−265
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$344.4M2019
$374.5M2020
$447.3M2021
$500.3M2022
$485.1M2023
$504.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.5k±$12.5k
Median gross rent
$918/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
6.0%±2.0%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$10.3M
34 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
11.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 60Earthquake 45Hail 39
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1472016
1672017
1712018
1802019
1892020
2122021
2422022
2542023
2682024
2772025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -19% since 2021422021
442022
262023
262024
342025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.1 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
3.9 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
67.7 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
64.3 km
PORTER COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Newton?
Newton's economy produced $504.1M in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.