County profile
Edwards County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2668 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$320.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,886
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
132
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,898
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
8.7%
Median HH income
$60.5k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
13.9%±2.1%
Poverty rate
16.5%±3.8%
Business applications
44 · 2025
Retail establishments
16
26.7/10k 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
Manufacturing72%
Wholesale trade11%
Retail trade6%
Other services5%
Finance & insurance4%
Health care3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,898
residents · 2025 · -5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $53.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−187
International migration+9
Natural change−126
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$319.3M2019
$279.4M2020
$271.1M2021
$312.1M2022
$334.6M2023
$320.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$100.0k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$811/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±2.6%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
26.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 92Earthquake 84Heat wave 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
1022014
1032015
1062016
1002017
1082018
1072019
1072020
1022021
1062022
1442024
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.9 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
5.0 km
NS
Nearest port
56.0 km
ADM MILLING CO
Nearest commercial airport
62.0 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.5k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Edwards?
Edwards's economy produced $320.6M in 2024, contracting 4.2% year over year — slower than 89% 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.