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Starke

United States · GDP 2024
#2152 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$690.4M
GDP growth
+4.0%
Jobs tracked
3,394
Employers
319
Avg. wage
$41.9k
Population
23,425
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$64.0k±$4.9k
Business applications
184 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing31%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation14%
Health care13%
Admin & support10%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,425
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $45.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+384
International migration+102
Natural change−453

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$545.9M
2019
$560.6M
2020
$623.2M
2021
$625.1M
2022
$663.9M
2023
$690.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.7k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$712/mo±$103/mo
Vacancy rate
20.3%±2.5%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
58 (2.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
24.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 71Tornado 60Strong wind 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
197
2016
198
2017
211
2018
224
2019
232
2020
260
2021
305
2022
335
2023
356
2024
383
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.6 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
NS
Nearest port
43.1 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
35.5 km
PORTER COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$41.9k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Randolph$690.2MWinnebago$690.1MBanks$690.0MRio Blanco$689.6MFranklin$688.9MClay$688.5M
The read

Starke's economy produced $690.4M in 2024, growing 4.0% year over year — about 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.
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