County profile
Starke County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#2152 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$690.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,394
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
319
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,425
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$64.0k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
12.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
13.4%±2.6%
Business applications
184 · 2025
Retail establishments
65
27.8/10k 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
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
$545.9M2019
$560.6M2020
$623.2M2021
$625.1M2022
$663.9M2023
$690.4M2024
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
$13.2M
58 units · 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
1972016
1982017
2112018
2242019
2322020
2602021
3052022
3352023
3562024
3832025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -28% since 2021802021
672022
742023
552024
582025
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
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What is the GDP of Starke?
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.