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Anderson's economy was built on General Motors, which employed nearly 22,000 people in the city during the 1970s; by 2006 that number had fallen below 2,600 as plants closed across the Rust Belt. Manufacturing still accounts for roughly 19 percent of Madison County jobs, but healthcare and social assistance (about 14 percent) and retail trade (about 13 percent) now make up a larger share of employment. Top private employers include Community Hospital Anderson, Saint Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Nestle, Hoosier Park Racing and Casino, and Carter Express.

The city's population has declined to an estimated 55,851 as of 2024, down from a mid-century peak, and city leaders have focused redevelopment efforts on the Central Business District, promoting arts, dining, and walkable retail as anchors for downtown. Anderson University, headquartered in the city alongside the Church of God, remains a major institutional presence. Mounds Mall, the area's former primary retail center, closed in 2018 and its parcels went to tax sale in 2025, underscoring the shift of commercial activity away from traditional enclosed retail toward downtown and distribution-oriented development.

With General Motors-era manufacturing gone and healthcare, logistics, and downtown small business now driving Anderson's economy, residents and the hospitals, distribution firms, and Anderson University community around them still need dependable local plumbers, electricians, dentists, and contractors. As Mounds Mall sits vacant and commercial activity concentrates downtown, local service businesses that show up clearly in nearby searches have an opening the old mall-anchored retail pattern no longer provides.