Johnson County
Johnson County is part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood Metropolitan Statistical Area in central Indiana.* Greenwood, Indiana, is the most populous city in Johnson County, with 66,296 residents as of 2023.
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Johnson County Futurecast Event
Registration details coming soon!
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025
Breakfast served at 8:45 am.
The Sycamore at Mallow Run
7070 West Whiteland Road,
Bargersville, IN 46106
Potential Speakers at the Johnson County Futurecast Event
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025
Join us to discuss how the changing economic environment will affect the local region, Indiana and the nation in the coming year.
Registration details coming soon!
This event is co-hosted by the Aspire Economic Development + Chamber Alliance, the IBRC and the Kelley School of Business.
What did we say last year about Johnson County?
Published December 2024
Despite a lack of fast growth in high-innovation industries, the economic performance of Johnson County will outpace regional peers in the upcoming year. Real economic activity in Johnson County is expected to grow 3.5% in 2025. This exceeds expected real GDP growth of 2.1% in the nation, 2.9% in the state and 3.1% in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
Unemployment during 2025 will average 4.2% nationally, 3.8% in the state, 3.5% in the Indianapolis metropolitan area and 3.1% in Johnson County. Intense competition for scarce good talent in Johnson County will continue in 2025.
While Johnson County wages are relatively low, household income is not. A large share of high-income residents work outside of Johnson County. Median household income in Johnson County was $83,036 in 2022, which was 8% higher than the state median and 3% higher than the national median.
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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.