Places/IN/Scott County, IN
County profile

Scott County, IN

United States · GDP 2024
#1886 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$948.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,580
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
401
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,053
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$56.4k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
12.7%±2.3%
Poverty rate
16.6%±4.0%
Business applications
217 · 2025
Retail establishments
80
32.2/10k pop

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
Manufacturing42%
Health care21%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation13%
Other services4%
Construction3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
25,053
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $49.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,163
International migration+92
Natural change590

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$735.9M
2019
$736.0M
2020
$794.7M
2021
$832.1M
2022
$903.9M
2023
$948.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.4k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$822/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±2.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$12.9M
38 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 73Earthquake 64Strong wind 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
208
2016
216
2017
231
2018
238
2019
247
2020
277
2021
314
2022
345
2023
367
2024
376
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-51% since 2021
77
2021
55
2022
52
2023
73
2024
38
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.5 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
LIRC
Nearest port
28.9 km
TRIMBLE COUNTY GEN. STATION
Nearest commercial airport
57.0 km
LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Scott?

Scott's economy produced $948.8M in 2024, growing 5.0% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among 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.