County profile
Douglas County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1550 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 12% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,850
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
575
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,880
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$77.3k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
8.5%±2.1%
Business applications
210 · 2025
Retail establishments
80
40.3/10k 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
Manufacturing49%
Food & accommodation13%
Retail trade13%
Health care11%
Wholesale trade7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,880
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $70.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−259
International migration+195
Natural change+171
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$150.4k±$8.1k
Median gross rent
$848/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±2.3%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$7.1M
28 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 98Drought 89Strong wind 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2152016
2192017
2222018
2282019
2332020
2452021
2802022
2952023
3232024
3462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -3% since 2021292021
522022
442023
382024
282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.1 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
3.2 km
DREI
Nearest port
150.8 km
AMERICAN MILLING CO., PEKIN GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
30.3 km
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/WILLARD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Douglas?
Douglas's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 2.4% year over year — slower than 68% 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.