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Porter

United States · GDP 2024
#444 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.9B
GDP growth
+2.0%
Jobs tracked
55,789
Employers
3,734
Avg. wage
$55.4k
Population
176,049
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$88.0k±$3.1k
Business applications
1,761 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$8.1B
2019
$7.1B
2020
$8.4B
2021
$9.3B
2022
$9.7B
2023
$9.9B
2024

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
564 (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
398
2016
408
2017
434
2018
453
2019
469
2020
527
2021
599
2022
645
2023
670
2024
694
2025

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) (CY2022):26,141,470 short tons/yr · Northern Indiana District, IN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$55.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Campbell + Lynchburg$9.9BGrafton$9.9BHunterdon$9.9BTaylor$9.9BFrederick + Winchester$9.9BHouston$9.9B
The read

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.
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