County profile
Shelby County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1018 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,044
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
951
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,882
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$72.2k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
21.9%±1.9%
Poverty rate
13.0%±1.8%
Business applications
460 · 2025
Retail establishments
121
26.5/10k 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
Manufacturing36%
Health care18%
Admin & support15%
Food & accommodation12%
Retail trade11%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,882
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+589
International migration+440
Natural change−207
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.8B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$212.4k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$987/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±1.3%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$52.9M
192 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 79Earthquake 73Hail 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2312016
2452017
2622018
2752019
2932020
3262021
3742022
4102023
4212024
4512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 47% since 20211312021
3062022
912023
2842024
1922025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.4 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
92.7 km
Consolidated Grain & Barge Upper Wharf, Aurora Terminal
Nearest commercial airport
30.4 km
COLUMBUS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Shelby?
Shelby's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 0.1% year over year — slower than 79% 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.