County profile
Bureau County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1457 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,051
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
699
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,510
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$69.3k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
21.7%±1.3%
Poverty rate
10.8%±1.2%
Business applications
254 · 2025
Retail establishments
96
29.5/10k 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
Health care24%
Manufacturing20%
Transportation18%
Retail trade14%
Wholesale trade14%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,510
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−181
International migration+144
Natural change−665
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$126.9k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$832/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
10.2%±1.7%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$5.3M
16 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Tornado 82Hail 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2012016
2082017
2052018
2192019
2152020
2352021
2642022
2802023
2992024
3122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 2021122021
202022
182023
192024
162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
21.5 km
MARQUIS MARINE TERMINAL HENNEPIN IL
Nearest commercial airport
81.8 km
QUAD CITIES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.2k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bureau?
Bureau's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 0.2% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.