County profile
Whitley County, IN
United States · GDP 2024
#1189 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,810
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
699
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
35,046
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$78.1k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
23.6%±2.2%
Poverty rate
9.9%±1.9%
Business applications
254 · 2025
Retail establishments
91
26.1/10k 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
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
$1.6B2019
$1.5B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.2B2024
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
$32.1M
81 units · 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
1902016
1972017
2102018
2212019
2272020
2552021
2912022
3252023
3432024
3572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -30% since 20211152021
922022
912023
1002024
812025
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
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What is the GDP of Whitley?
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.