County profile
Parke County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#2367 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$533.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,282
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
307
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,642
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$68.5k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.4%±2.5%
Poverty rate
16.2%±3.5%
Business applications
153 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
32.8/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation17%
Wholesale trade14%
Health care13%
Construction12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,642
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $54.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+346
International migration+1
Natural change+130
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$361.3M2019
$400.8M2020
$471.3M2021
$500.5M2022
$543.5M2023
$533.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.2k±$14.5k
Median gross rent
$704/mo±$121/mo
Vacancy rate
19.7%±3.0%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$10.0M
63 units · 3.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$964/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 79Drought 69Earthquake 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1232016
1332017
1362018
1402019
1492020
1592021
1862022
2012023
2302024
2482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 2021862021
462022
342023
652024
632025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
12.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
174.7 km
Southern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
36.9 km
TERRE HAUTE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.6k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Parke?
Parke's economy produced $533.8M in 2024, contracting 1.8% year over year — slower than 85% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.