County profile
Posey County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#654 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,770
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
538
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$65.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
24,988
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$78.1k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
25.2%±2.5%
Poverty rate
10.1%±2.5%
Business applications
176 · 2025
Retail establishments
59
23.5/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Transportation34%
Retail trade9%
Food & accommodation7%
Health care6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,988
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $63.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−6
International migration+37
Natural change−224
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.5B2019
$2.7B2020
$5.1B2021
$6.2B2022
$6.1B2023
$5.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$222.9k±$11.1k
Median gross rent
$782/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
5.2%±1.8%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$14.8M
41 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 88Winter weather 62Heat wave 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2182016
2272017
2432018
2452019
2542020
2792021
3152022
3372023
3452024
3652025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 2021472021
252022
292023
462024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.9 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
7.8 km
EVWR
Nearest port
10.3 km
ARTCO Mt. Vernon, IN
Nearest commercial airport
29.9 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$65.3k
avg. annual pay · +11% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Posey?
Posey's economy produced $5.9B in 2024, contracting 2.7% year over year — slower than 87% 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.