County profile
Defiance County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1213 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,708
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
813
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
38,292
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$73.1k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
19.0%±1.7%
Poverty rate
10.5%±2.0%
Business applications
334 · 2025
Retail establishments
136
35.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.1B2023
$2.2B2024
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
$15.3M
46 units · 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
2222016
2252017
2392018
2452019
2582020
2832021
3182022
3482023
3782024
3892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021462021
362022
252023
462024
462025
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 EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Defiance?
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.