County profile
Ford County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1750 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,269
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
343
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,216
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$62.4k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.9%±2.6%
Poverty rate
12.4%±2.5%
Business applications
121 · 2025
Retail establishments
50
37.5/10k 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
Health care39%
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade12%
Wholesale trade10%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,216
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $69.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−79
International migration+189
Natural change−422
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$706.2M2019
$730.3M2020
$820.2M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.0k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$923/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
6.9%±1.9%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
14 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 67Earthquake 60Drought 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2072016
2122017
2182018
2232019
2212020
2402021
2702022
2842023
3262024
3412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 75% since 202182021
82022
82023
122024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.9 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
CN
Nearest port
84.3 km
CF INDUSTRIES, SENECA TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
59.9 km
CENTRAL IL RGNL/BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.6k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ford?
Ford's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.