County profile
White County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1511 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,057
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
589
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,164
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$67.3k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
19.2%±1.8%
Poverty rate
10.2%±1.8%
Business applications
218 · 2025
Retail establishments
93
37.0/10k 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
Manufacturing52%
Retail trade16%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation10%
Wholesale trade5%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,164
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $58.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−161
International migration+676
Natural change−22
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.9k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$901/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
20.9%±2.3%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$14.0M
37 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 72Hail 67Earthquake 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1802016
1862017
2042018
2112019
2212020
2452021
2812022
3192023
3402024
3422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 2021422021
402022
362023
472024
372025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.9 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
TPW
Nearest port
86.2 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
38.0 km
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of White?
White's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% 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.