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Whitley

United States · GDP 2024
#1189 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
GDP growth
-1.9%
Jobs tracked
12,810
Employers
699
Avg. wage
$56.4k
Population
35,046
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$78.1k±$4.4k
Business applications
254 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing57%
Health care11%
Retail trade11%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services6%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
35,046
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $60.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+549
International migration+46
Natural change+124

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B
2019
$1.5B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.2B
2022
$2.3B
2023
$2.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.4k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$934/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
6.7%±1.6%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
81 (2.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
24.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 65Tornado 61Strong wind 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
190
2016
197
2017
210
2018
221
2019
227
2020
255
2021
291
2022
325
2023
343
2024
357
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.5 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
CFE
Nearest port
133.8 km
USCG Station, Michigan City, IN
Nearest commercial airport
31.5 km
FORT WAYNE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Montgomery$2.2BScott$2.2BBingham$2.2BMonroe$2.2BDawson$2.2BSilver Bow$2.2B
The read

Whitley's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, contracting 1.9% year over year — slower than 85% 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.
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