Places/IN/Sullivan County, IN
County profile

Sullivan County, IN

United States · GDP 2024
#1717 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,125
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
325
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,831
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$56.2k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
14.6%±2.2%
Poverty rate
13.9%±2.3%
Business applications
125 · 2025
Retail establishments
60
29.0/10k 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
Health care24%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing16%
Utilities12%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
20,831
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $46.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+262
International migration+8
Natural change263

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$955.0M
2019
$869.5M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.2B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$131.1k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$829/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±2.3%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$3.6M
15 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 78Drought 57Landslide 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
154
2016
156
2017
165
2018
165
2019
172
2020
195
2021
217
2022
240
2023
243
2024
285
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
150% since 2021
6
2021
6
2022
9
2023
4
2024
15
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.6 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
INRD
Nearest port
122.9 km
Southern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
41.3 km
TERRE HAUTE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +9% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Sullivan?

Sullivan's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, contracting 8.8% year over yearamong the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.