County profile
Highland County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1335 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,284
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
733
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
43,823
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$65.8k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
16.3%±1.8%
Poverty rate
14.1%±2.0%
Business applications
396 · 2025
Retail establishments
143
32.7/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade23%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation17%
Finance & insurance7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
43,823
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $48.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+777
International migration+31
Natural change−347
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.9k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$780/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
11.0%±1.7%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$4.0M
15 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 79Landslide 76Ice storm 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2712016
2772017
2932018
3132019
3262020
3752021
4342022
4652023
4972024
5262025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -79% since 2021712021
132022
112023
1212024
152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.2 km
I-71
Nearest freight rail
15.9 km
IORY
Nearest port
55.2 km
The Dayton Power and Light Co., Killen Electric Generating Station, Construction Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
31.7 km
WILMINGTON AIR PARK
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.5k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Highland?
Highland's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 6.8% year over year — faster than most 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.