County profile
Noble County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1093 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 4% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,650
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
921
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
47,937
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$71.7k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.8%±1.9%
Poverty rate
9.2%±1.4%
Business applications
394 · 2025
Retail establishments
128
26.7/10k 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
Manufacturing60%
Retail trade12%
Health care10%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction5%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
47,937
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $54.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−538
International migration+394
Natural change+621
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$196.8k±$10.3k
Median gross rent
$832/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
10.4%±1.7%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$33.4M
113 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$967/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 82Tornado 74Hail 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1952016
2012017
2202018
2262019
2362020
2642021
3042022
3212023
3532024
3642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20211332021
1042022
1042023
1282024
1132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.9 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
118.2 km
RIETH-RILEY CONSTRUCTION CENTRAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
50.2 km
FORT WAYNE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Noble?
Noble's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% 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.