Dearborn County, Indiana - IN the Cincinnati Region

We’re close to the Queen City in both identity and location. In fact, you can travel from Dearborn County, Indiana to Cincinnati’s city center in about 20 minutes. To the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) we’re just 15 minutes.

We have shovel-ready sites along the arterial connectors of I-275 and I-74. Rail access to six class I railroads awaits in the West Harrison Business Park. Greendale’s Commercial and Industrial District at I-275 offers shovel-ready light industrial sites. The U.S. 50 Business Park in Aurora is ready to go. At the bend in the Ohio River where Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky converge, an economic catalyst is being developed at the Fourth Port site in Lawrenceburg.

Your project can enjoy an Indiana address while still staffing from the 1.2 million-person labor pool within the Cincinnati MSA. For the tens of thousands more workers in Indiana communities beyond the MSA, you can become their preferred, close-to-home employer.

Ivy Tech Community College offers customized training programs for your new hires at its Advanced Manufacturing Training Laboratory in Lawrenceburg, complimented by tens of thousands of graduates from universities across all three states each year.

On top of workforce development, Dearborn County is entering a new growth era for workforce housing. More than 7,800 single-family residential units and nearly 3,300 multi-family units are expected among the western suburbs of the Interstate 275 ring by 2024. We have a plan to help homebuilders meet the demand.

We’re proudly in the peripheral. Our sites aren’t buried in sprawling business parks or in the shadow of CVG. But that means land costs here are affordable for small and medium-sized businesses ready to expand. Just ask Matthews International Corporation, Proximo Distillers, Bettera Brands, Polycraft Products, BedTechs and our concentration of small manufacturers.

Dearborn County’s economic developers at One Dearborn will serve as gatekeepers and liaisons to deliver your project’s needs and deadlines. Our organization, Dearborn County leadership, and a team of local technical experts will make you a priority.

Indiana comes to the table with aggressive state and local incentives customized to your project’s needs. The state’s corporate income tax rate is below 5% and personal income tax rate is just over 3%. Property taxes on commercial and industrial is capped at 3%, but many of our best sites check in with a tax rate below 2%. We’ve been an employer-friendly right-to-work state since 2012. The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offers tailored programs for manufacturing, defense, tech, life sciences, agriculture, logistics, startups, and more.

Our local support for your project is fully customizable. We offer infrastructure grants to get your site just right, workforce acquisition services, training grants to skill-up employees, and tax abatement to aid your bottom line.

Utility partners including Duke Energy, Indiana Municipal Power Association, Southeastern Indiana REMC, and Sycamore Gas have made significant infrastructure investments in our region’s industrial sites. Each stand at the ready to provide reliable power with competitive rates and rider programs for your project.

Our bustling Hoosier counties and cities continue to invest in infrastructure and business attraction, as well as riverfront parks and main street beautification. What’s more to the population boom and the clamoring for workforce housing is the offering of year-round outdoor recreation, top-rated schools, and close proximity to all the Cincinnati region’s amenities.