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Defiance

United States · GDP 2024
#1213 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
GDP growth
+0.7%
Jobs tracked
13,708
Employers
813
Avg. wage
$51.1k
Population
38,292
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$73.1k±$4.0k
Business applications
334 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Empire Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$11.2M48D2SB Financial Group, 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade21%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,292
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+72
International migration+291
Natural change−333

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.9B
2021
$2.1B
2022
$2.1B
2023
$2.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.2k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$846/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±1.3%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
46 (1.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
41.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$980/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 65Tornado 64Ice storm 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
222
2016
225
2017
239
2018
245
2019
258
2020
283
2021
318
2022
348
2023
378
2024
389
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
4.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
86.0 km
THE ANDERSONS-TOLEDO-EDWIN DRIVE ELEVATORS
Nearest commercial airport
63.9 km
EUGENE F KRANZ TOLEDO EXPRESS
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

10-QSB Financial Group, Inc.05-07
8-KSB Financial Group, Inc.04-23
8-KSB Financial Group, Inc.04-22
8-KSB Financial Group, Inc.04-22
DEF 14ASB Financial Group, Inc.03-06
10-KSB Financial Group, Inc.03-06
8-KSB Financial Group, Inc.02-02
8-KSB Financial Group, Inc.01-30
8-KSB Financial Group, Inc.01-23
8-KSB Financial Group, Inc.12-22
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Wise + Norton$2.2BWapello$2.2BCrawford$2.2BMontcalm$2.2BHuron$2.2BLee$2.2B
The read

Defiance's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 0.7% year over year — slower than 77% 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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