County profile
De Witt County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1447 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,973
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
343
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$66.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,118
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$71.7k±$6.8k
Bachelor's degree+
23.2%±2.5%
Poverty rate
10.0%±2.7%
Business applications
104 · 2025
Retail establishments
57
37.4/10k 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
Retail trade23%
Utilities21%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation14%
Wholesale trade13%
Construction12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,118
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $61.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+64
International migration−3
Natural change−386
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$130.3k±$10.0k
Median gross rent
$903/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
9.9%±2.4%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$4.1M
13 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Cold wave 70Earthquake 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1912016
1992017
1972018
1982019
1982020
2162021
2482022
2702023
2842024
2862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 30% since 2021102021
122022
122023
132024
132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.3 km
I-72
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
CN
Nearest port
77.0 km
AMERICAN MILLING CO., PEKIN GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
33.7 km
CENTRAL IL RGNL/BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$66.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of De Witt?
De Witt's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, contracting 0.0% year over year — slower than 80% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail 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.