County profile
Boone County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1295 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,427
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
890
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
53,568
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$84.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
23.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
9.9%±1.9%
Business applications
492 · 2025
Retail establishments
95
17.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing64%
Retail trade10%
Food & accommodation7%
Health care7%
Construction6%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
53,568
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $59.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−218
International migration+273
Natural change+189
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$1.8B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.9k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
4.1%±1.3%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$14.8M
68 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 80Tornado 78Cold wave 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2182016
2302017
2392018
2492019
2532020
2842021
3172022
3472023
3742024
4032025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -37% since 20211082021
1292022
292023
522024
682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.9 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
82.3 km
WAUKEGAN HARBOR PUBLIC DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
26.6 km
CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.8k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Boone?
Boone's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.