County profile
Steuben County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1303 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,322
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
965
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,799
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$74.9k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
25.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
9.3%±2.1%
Business applications
333 · 2025
Retail establishments
153
44.0/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Retail trade18%
Health care14%
Food & accommodation12%
Education10%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,799
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $59.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+538
International migration+185
Natural change−357
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.2k±$12.1k
Median gross rent
$933/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
26.7%±2.4%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$60.3M
127 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 67Strong wind 63Tornado 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2052016
2172017
2302018
2422019
2522020
2822021
3162022
3442023
3782024
4042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 20211452021
1462022
1312023
2092024
1272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.9 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
IN
Nearest port
121.5 km
THE ANDERSONS-TOLEDO-EDWIN DRIVE ELEVATORS
Nearest commercial airport
75.8 km
FORT WAYNE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Steuben?
Steuben's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 1.4% year over year — slower than 74% 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.