County profile
Preble County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1478 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,532
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
671
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,664
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$69.2k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
18.5%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.6%±1.7%
Business applications
333 · 2025
Retail establishments
97
23.8/10k 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
Manufacturing48%
Health care15%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction8%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,664
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $53.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+454
International migration+26
Natural change−828
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$180.9k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$794/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
7.8%±1.4%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$15.0M
45 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 79Tornado 77Earthquake 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2242016
2322017
2572018
2712019
2862020
3182021
3622022
3882023
4152024
4422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -6% since 2021482021
462022
302023
582024
452025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.3 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
NS
Nearest port
66.7 km
Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. North Bend Terminal, Loading Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
40.7 km
JAMES M COX DAYTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Preble?
Preble's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, contracting 1.2% year over year — slower than 83% 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.