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Porter County, IN

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026

Porter County, Indiana, a core county of the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI market, holds $4.8B in deposits across 11 insured institutions and 42 branches. Centier Bank is the largest deposit holder at 31.3% share. The top three banks hold 70% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 21.4% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 4.5%. It produced $8.1B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #415 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$8.1B
#415 of 1,523
Population
176,049
#396 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$46,176
#695 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$4.8B
#354 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$27,545
#510 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$115M
#438 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
11
#618 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
23.9
#782 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$163M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #475 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
66.0%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #830 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
70%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2021 to 2026)+21.4% over 5 years
$4.0B
2021
$4.2B
2022
$4.2B
2023
$4.6B
2024
$4.7B
2025
$4.8B
2026

Branches: 44 in 2021 to 42 in 2026. Institutions: 11 to 11. Top-three share: 67% to 70%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Centier Bank$1.5B31.3%10+56%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$1.0B20.7%5+7%
1st Source Bank$885M18.3%9+13%
Fifth Third Bank$507M10.4%4+10%
Horizon Bank$371M7.7%4-6%
First Merchants Bank$163M3.4%1+54%
First State Bank of Porter$138M2.8%3+2%
BMO Bank$134M2.8%2+2%
Peoples Bank$95M2.0%1+109%
DeMotte State Bank$24M0.5%1+11%
Woodforest National Bank$8M0.2%2+21%

The 11 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2021 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Chicago-Naperville market

Porter County is one of 19 counties that make up the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #5 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 1.1% of the market’s output and holds 0.8% of its deposits.

MeasurePorter CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$8.1B1.1%
Deposits$4.8B0.8%
Population176,0491.8%

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