Anderson
Anderson, Indiana, located in central Indiana 35 miles northeast of Indianapolis, is the county seat and most populous city in Madison County. The county is part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood Metropolitan Statistical Area in central Indiana.* As of 2024, the city had a population of 55,851.
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The Anderson Futurecast Event
Save the date!
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025
Lunch served at 11:30 am.
Anderson Country Club – Stillwell Room
602 Northshore Blvd,
Anderson, IN 46011
Registration details
coming soon
Potential Speakers at the Anderson Futurecast Event
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025
Registration details coming soon
This event is co-hosted by the Anderson Rotary Club, the IBRC and the Kelley School of Business.
What did we say last year about the Anderson region?
Published December 2024
Madison County continues to show solid recovery from the woes of the pandemic era. The county’s unemployment rate has stayed low at 3.6%, maintaining the same gap with the state’s unemployment rate in back-to-back years.
Health care and social services and manufacturing continue to be the main industries of employment in Madison County. The county has also seen significant growth in annual average weekly wage (+6.4% year-over-year). With interest rates projected to be on the decline, the Madison County housing market has experienced average median sales price growth of 9.5% year-over-year.
Given the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cut and signal of expected future rate cuts in 2025, this could positively impact the economic growth of Madison County. The unemployment rate in 2025 for Madison County should be expected to remain steady if rate cuts continue. Wage growth should be expected to continue at a slower pace than 2024.
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Each year in December, the Indiana Business Research Center publishes a special Outlook edition of the Indiana Business Review.
Published continuously since 1926, the Indiana Business Review is a quarterly publication that provides analysis and insight on economic and demographic issues.