County profile
Porter County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#444 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
55,789
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,734
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
176,049
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$88.0k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
31.1%±1.2%
Poverty rate
9.6%±1.0%
Business applications
1,761 · 2025
Retail establishments
464
26.5/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Health care22%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
176,049
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $69.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,416
International migration+744
Natural change−1,352
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.1B2019
$7.1B2020
$8.4B2021
$9.3B2022
$9.7B2023
$9.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$281.5k±$4.9k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
5.5%±0.7%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$205.2M
564 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 94Cold wave 94Strong wind 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3982016
4082017
4342018
4532019
4692020
5272021
5992022
6452023
6702024
6942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 20216532021
4462022
6272023
5562024
5642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.6 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
NS
Nearest port
5.5 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
5.1 km
PORTER COUNTY RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):26,141,470 short tons/yr · Northern Indiana District, IN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Porter?
Porter's economy produced $9.9B in 2024, growing 2.0% 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.