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Effingham

United States · GDP 2024
#960 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
GDP growth
+5.9%
Jobs tracked
32,183
Employers
1,263
Avg. wage
$50.0k
Population
34,519
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$80.4k±$3.5k
Business applications
327 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Midland States Bancorp, 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
Management52%
Manufacturing13%
Retail trade10%
Health care10%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,519
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $72.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−421
International migration+205
Natural change+42

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B
2019
$2.2B
2020
$2.4B
2021
$2.7B
2022
$2.9B
2023
$3.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.5k±$10.4k
Median gross rent
$733/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
9.5%±1.8%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
50 (1.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
53.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 89Drought 87Landslide 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
192
2016
197
2017
199
2018
206
2019
211
2020
228
2021
256
2022
271
2023
282
2024
305
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
CN
Nearest port
133.2 km
Phillips66, Wood River Refinery, Dock No. 4.
Nearest commercial airport
53.6 km
COLES COUNTY MEML
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

6 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KMidland States Bancorp, Inc.05-11
8-KMidland States Bancorp, Inc.05-08
8-KMidland States Bancorp, Inc.05-05
8-KMidland States Bancorp, Inc.05-05
10-QMidland States Bancorp, Inc.04-30
8-KMidland States Bancorp, Inc.04-23
DEF 14AMidland States Bancorp, Inc.03-23
8-KMidland States Bancorp, Inc.03-06
10-KMidland States Bancorp, Inc.03-02
8-KMidland States Bancorp, Inc.02-04
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Knox$3.1BNewton$3.1BDare$3.1BSagadahoc$3.1BMadison$3.1BLivingston$3.1B
The read

Effingham's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 5.9% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is management.

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.
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