County profile
Vanderburgh County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#319 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$15.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
110,804
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,102
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
181,995
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$61.6k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
27.8%±1.1%
Poverty rate
14.3%±1.0%
Business applications
1,955 · 2025
Retail establishments
741
40.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Escalade, IncorporatedConsumer Cyclical$240.2M68B2Old National BancorpFinancial Services$125.6M56C3OneMain Holdings, Inc.Financial Services———4First Bancorp of Indiana, Inc.Financial Services———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 care30%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction12%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
181,995
residents · 2025 · +0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $63.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−11
International migration+2,181
Natural change−499
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$12.0B2019
$11.5B2020
$12.7B2021
$13.9B2022
$14.9B2023
$15.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$184.0k±$5.6k
Median gross rent
$985/mo±$17/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±0.9%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$111.8M
441 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 97Tornado 96Strong wind 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3252016
3352017
3522018
3722019
3802020
4252021
4802022
5162023
5422024
5632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -49% since 20218702021
7012022
5342023
4162024
4412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.7 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
5.9 km
PORT OF EVANSVILLE
Nearest commercial airport
5.2 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.8k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Vanderburgh?
Vanderburgh's economy produced $15.6B in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.