We are an industry-friendly community, a perfect fit for community-friendly industry. Strategically located along Interstate 69, Gibson County is a trucking hub, within an eight to 12-hour trucking day access to 150 million people.
Served by high-speed Internet, two major rail lines (CSX and Norfolk Southern) and major utility providers including Vectren and Duke Energy, our community welcomes industrial development. Contact the Gibson County Economic Development Corp. for information about prime industrial building sites or available warehousing complexes.
Our labor force is prime, and Gibson County enjoys one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state. According to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2004), the average annual earnings per job in Gibson County was $48,760. The average manufacturing job wages were $87,720.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana is the largest employer, attracting 4,700 team workers from around the tri-state area. Spin-off industries such as Total Interior Systems America (TISA), Vuteq, Millennium Steel, Tire & Wheel Assembly, Toyota Tsusho, and many more companies contribute to the community's stable economic base.
Gbison County is the largest coal-producing county (10 million tons in 2005) in Indiana, the ninth leading coal producing state in the nation, according to the Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources (2006). Black Beauty Coal's operations in Somerville and Francisco, United Minerals and Gibson County Coal LLC are local mining operations, stalwarts of the county's economic base. More than 80 percent of Indiana coal is used to generate local electricity, contributing to economical energy in the state, according to the DNR. Duke Energy's Gibson Generating Station, located on the southwest edge of the county, is North America's fourth largest coal-fired power plant.
We are also supported by a backbone of small businesses in retail, service, professional and public service sectors.
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