County profile
Ripley County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1566 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,076
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
667
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,434
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$70.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.7%±2.3%
Poverty rate
10.1%±1.8%
Business applications
236 · 2025
Retail establishments
100
34.1/10k 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
Management23%
Health care19%
Manufacturing19%
Transportation14%
Retail trade13%
Wholesale trade12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,434
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+603
International migration+38
Natural change−180
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$222.5k±$9.8k
Median gross rent
$839/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±1.9%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$22.4M
88 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$987/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 81Tornado 79Landslide 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1862016
1952017
1992018
2122019
2202020
2432021
2722022
2912023
3142024
3382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -11% since 2021992021
1342022
1072023
1102024
882025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.2 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
32.1 km
Consolidated Grain & Barge Upper Wharf, Aurora Terminal
Nearest commercial airport
51.8 km
CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ripley?
Ripley's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 62% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is management.
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.