County profile
Putnam County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1537 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,696
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
747
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,876
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$78.4k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.2%±1.9%
Poverty rate
8.7%±1.6%
Business applications
313 · 2025
Retail establishments
113
29.9/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Health care21%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation14%
Education13%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,876
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $51.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,309
International migration+258
Natural change−363
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$218.9k±$9.6k
Median gross rent
$884/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±1.6%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$34.6M
99 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 79Landslide 79Winter weather 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1712016
1792017
1912018
2012019
2122020
2392021
2792022
2982023
3182024
3312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -34% since 20211512021
1222022
1032023
1662024
992025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.8 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
152.7 km
Southern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
46.3 km
TERRE HAUTE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Putnam?
Putnam's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 2.5% year over year — slower than 67% 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.