County profile
Shelby County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#794 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
24,487
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
989
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
48,065
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±1.7%
Poverty rate
11.6%±2.0%
Business applications
438 · 2025
Retail establishments
144
30.0/10k 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
Manufacturing58%
Retail trade10%
Health care9%
Transportation8%
Admin & support8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
48,065
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $57.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−612
International migration+166
Natural change+342
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.4B2019
$3.2B2020
$3.5B2021
$3.8B2022
$4.0B2023
$4.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$208.1k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$922/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±1.5%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$47.2M
307 units · 6.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 87Lightning 75Hail 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2212016
2292017
2422018
2542019
2672020
2942021
3332022
3522023
3782024
4052025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 309% since 2021752021
692022
952023
5632024
3072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.2 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
134.9 km
Cincinnati, OH
Nearest commercial airport
47.8 km
JAMES M COX DAYTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.0k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Shelby?
Shelby's economy produced $4.1B in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 66% 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.