County profile
Brown County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2242 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$624.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,834
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
108
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$62.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,401
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$67.9k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
12.6%±3.0%
Poverty rate
9.2%±2.9%
Business applications
41 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
23.3/10k 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
Wholesale trade66%
Transportation22%
Health care4%
Retail trade4%
Food & accommodation2%
Other services2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,401
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $49.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+223
International migration+1
Natural change−37
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$554.5M2019
$522.8M2020
$544.9M2021
$594.3M2022
$604.2M2023
$624.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$150.3k±$16.5k
Median gross rent
$698/mo±$227/mo
Vacancy rate
12.1%±4.0%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$2.8M
7 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 79Heat wave 63Drought 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2024
1202015
1222016
1312017
1282018
1302019
1312020
1322021
1562022
1542023
1672024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
22022
22023
102024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.6 km
I-72
Nearest freight rail
21.8 km
NS
Nearest port
20.6 km
MEREDOSIA TERMINAL WHARF AND PIER
Nearest commercial airport
37.8 km
QUINCY RGNL-BALDWIN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$62.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brown?
Brown's economy produced $624.0M in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 62% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale trade.
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.