County profile
Coles County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#892 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,638
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,112
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,607
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$56.5k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
26.9%±2.2%
Poverty rate
18.7%±2.2%
Business applications
483 · 2025
Retail establishments
177
38.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1First Mid Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services———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 care32%
Retail trade17%
Management17%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing12%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,607
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $57.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−500
International migration+436
Natural change−436
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.5B2019
$2.5B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.1B2022
$3.3B2023
$3.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.4k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$780/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.4%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$4.2M
16 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$965/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 89Earthquake 87Winter weather 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2142016
2122017
2122018
2182019
2212020
2392021
2702022
2852023
3202024
3242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 45% since 2021112021
42022
302023
362024
162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.9 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
168.0 km
AMERICAN MILLING CO., PEKIN GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
7.0 km
COLES COUNTY MEML
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Coles?
Coles's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, growing 5.5% year over year — faster than most 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.