Places/IN/Wayne County, IN
County profile

Wayne County, IN

United States · GDP 2024
#844 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
25,774
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,453
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
66,169
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$55.7k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
17.9%±1.5%
Business applications
572 · 2025
Retail establishments
253
38.1/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, 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%
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support7%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
66,169
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $54.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+368
International migration+504
Natural change1,213

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.9B
2019
$2.9B
2020
$3.2B
2021
$3.5B
2022
$3.7B
2023
$3.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$140.2k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$815/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
12.2%±1.2%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$32.2M
271 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 91Strong wind 90Earthquake 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
251
2016
252
2017
263
2018
275
2019
285
2020
312
2021
354
2022
381
2023
401
2024
426
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
402% since 2021
54
2021
55
2022
35
2023
45
2024
271
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.6 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
NS
Nearest port
83.0 km
CHEVRON U.S.A.
Nearest commercial airport
53.3 km
DELAWARE COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Wayne?

Wayne's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over yearslower than 62% of 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.