Navigating the Numbers. Region by Region.

A statistical resource for creating new paths to sustainable regional prosperity.

East Central Indiana

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DIRECT JOBS
IN ADVANCED INDUSTRIES

SHARE OF TOTAL IN ADVANCED INDUSTRIES

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INDIRECT JOBS CREATED
BY ADVANCED INDUSTRIES

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AVERAGE PAY IN ADVANCED
INDUSTRIES IN 2019

TOP INDUSTRIES BY EMPLOYMENT

MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS

PLASTICS PRODUCTS

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING

METALWORKING MACHINERY

COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN

Where are we?

For the Indiana GPS Project, East Central Indiana is an 11-county region built around the cities of Kokomo, Muncie, and Anderson. This trio of proximate and similarly sized cities has traditionally not seen itself as a cohesive region, yet each have similar manufacturing-rich histories.

Where are we going?

Like other parts of the state, portions of East Central Indiana are among of the nation’s regions most exposed to the effects of automation. However, with a variety of assets ranging from Ball State University to the Grissom Air Reserve Base, East Central Indiana is capable of charting a new course for itself.

East Central Dashboard

In this region, as elsewhere in Indiana, the economy as a whole is providing too few good jobs, especially for sub-BA workers

Employment by job type
East Central, 2013-2017

Share of Employment
East Central Indiana, 2013-2017

Other jobs

Good jobs (sub-BA)

Good jobs (BA+)

WHAT’S THE CRITERIA OF A “GOOD JOB”?