County profile
Clay County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2140 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$699.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,623
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
322
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,793
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$60.4k±$11.4k
Bachelor's degree+
13.1%±2.7%
Poverty rate
17.5%±2.9%
Business applications
104 · 2025
Retail establishments
45
35.0/10k 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
Manufacturing50%
Health care18%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation7%
Admin & support6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,793
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $54.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−294
International migration−2
Natural change−185
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$596.7M2019
$559.7M2020
$603.3M2021
$660.8M2022
$713.8M2023
$699.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.4k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$735/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±3.7%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$700.0k
2 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 90Earthquake 86Heat wave 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1272016
1242017
1272018
1312019
1322020
1432021
1702022
1482023
1722024
1752025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -60% since 202152021
52022
62023
32024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.8 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
9.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
105.3 km
COUNTRYMARK CO-OP
Nearest commercial airport
57.6 km
MOUNT VERNON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clay?
Clay's economy produced $699.4M in 2024, contracting 2.0% year over year — slower than 85% of 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.