Places/OH/Adams County, OH
County profile

Adams County, OH

United States · GDP 2024
#1796 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,914
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
421
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,865
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$50.3k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
14.9%±2.1%
Poverty rate
20.2%±2.7%
Business applications
249 · 2025
Retail establishments
90
32.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Health care29%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction8%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
27,865
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $48.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+729
International migration+147
Natural change456

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$767.1M
2019
$772.7M
2020
$864.3M
2021
$875.8M
2022
$973.3M
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.2k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$732/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
18.2%±2.5%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$5.8M
20 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 64Wildfire 63Strong wind 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
183
2016
185
2017
198
2018
209
2019
216
2020
242
2021
266
2022
318
2023
313
2024
368
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-20% since 2021
25
2021
30
2022
31
2023
20
2024
20
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
61.5 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
9.8 km
NS
Nearest port
16.9 km
The Dayton Power and Light Co., Killen Electric Generating Station, Construction Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
70.4 km
WILMINGTON AIR PARK
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$49.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Adams?

Adams's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 9.6% year over yearfaster than 90% 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.