County profile
Putnam County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1419 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,624
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
734
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,380
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$84.9k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
26.4%±1.9%
Poverty rate
5.5%±1.0%
Business applications
262 · 2025
Retail establishments
93
27.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1United Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$1.2M——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
Manufacturing47%
Health care14%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,380
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $65.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−454
International migration+182
Natural change+260
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$201.1k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$855/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±1.5%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$29.1M
91 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 68Ice storm 58Earthquake 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2252016
2312017
2392018
2532019
2592020
2852021
3302022
3442023
3672024
3822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 94% since 2021472021
372022
452023
372024
912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
7.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
83.5 km
THE ANDERSONS-TOLEDO-EDWIN DRIVE ELEVATORS
Nearest commercial airport
68.3 km
EUGENE F KRANZ TOLEDO EXPRESS
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Putnam?
Putnam's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, contracting 2.0% year over year — slower than 85% 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.