County profile
Franklin County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1588 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,940
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
696
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,916
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$56.7k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±1.5%
Poverty rate
17.5%±2.2%
Business applications
257 · 2025
Retail establishments
125
33.8/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing13%
Admin & support10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,916
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+221
International migration+47
Natural change−1,035
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$973.0M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$89.0k±$3.5k
Median gross rent
$803/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±1.8%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
19 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 95Cold wave 90Strong wind 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1792016
1892017
1912018
2022019
2002020
2182021
2432022
2442023
2802024
2822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 46% since 2021132021
72022
182023
152024
192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.0 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
CN
Nearest port
51.6 km
Jackson-Union Port District, IL
Nearest commercial airport
27.5 km
VETERANS AIRPORT OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.1k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Franklin?
Franklin's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.