County profile
St. Joseph County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#264 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
120,211
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,959
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
272,861
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$66.9k±$1.3k
Bachelor's degree+
33.5%±1.2%
Poverty rate
14.2%±0.9%
Business applications
3,233 · 2025
Retail establishments
878
32.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc.Real Estate$155.0M46D21st Source CorporationFinancial Services———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
Health care24%
Education20%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
272,861
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $59.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−5,032
International migration+4,664
Natural change+517
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$15.2B2019
$14.7B2020
$16.0B2021
$17.4B2022
$18.7B2023
$19.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$192.8k±$3.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
9.6%±0.6%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$195.9M
611 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Hail 94Strong wind 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4012016
4202017
4532018
4762019
4972020
5582021
6512022
7162023
7622024
7912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 68% since 20213642021
5892022
2912023
7522024
6112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
NS
Nearest port
52.7 km
USCG Station, Michigan City, IN
Nearest commercial airport
10.5 km
SOUTH BEND INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.3k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Joseph?
St. Joseph's economy produced $19.5B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.