County profile
Perry County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1840 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,380
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
356
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,389
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$61.2k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
15.0%±2.8%
Business applications
115 · 2025
Retail establishments
60
30.9/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Health care20%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,389
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+425
International migration+91
Natural change−319
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$769.2M2019
$697.4M2020
$881.5M2021
$951.6M2022
$987.3M2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.4k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$682/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±2.3%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$8.5M
32 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 66Earthquake 65Tornado 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2012016
1972017
2152018
2172019
2252020
2482021
2972022
2892023
3122024
3312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 2021372021
612022
342023
282024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.1 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
15.5 km
HOS
Nearest port
18.4 km
YAGER MATERIALS, INC.
Nearest commercial airport
60.1 km
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Perry?
Perry's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% 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.