County profile
Edgar County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1815 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,798
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
334
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,323
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$59.9k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
20.4%±2.4%
Poverty rate
12.0%±2.2%
Business applications
143 · 2025
Retail establishments
51
31.1/10k 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
Manufacturing46%
Health care22%
Wholesale trade11%
Retail trade11%
Food & accommodation7%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,323
residents · 2025 · -2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $58.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+69
International migration+35
Natural change−576
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$816.8M2019
$805.6M2020
$912.7M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.0B2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.3k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$775/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
7.9%±2.1%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$950.0k
3 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Earthquake 83Strong wind 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2122016
2082017
2112018
2242019
2292020
2442021
2702022
2722023
3072024
2982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
82023
62024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
3.4 km
DREI
Nearest port
189.8 km
ADM (Archer Daniels Midland Co.)
Nearest commercial airport
45.3 km
TERRE HAUTE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Edgar?
Edgar's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% 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.