County profile
Hamilton County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2432 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$478.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,531
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
175
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,859
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$65.7k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.0%±4.1%
Poverty rate
12.1%±3.6%
Business applications
62 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
33.1/10k 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
Health care42%
Retail trade16%
Other services12%
Food & accommodation12%
Manufacturing9%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,859
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $56.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+27
International migration−7
Natural change−155
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$371.2M2019
$299.9M2020
$383.5M2021
$420.7M2022
$468.5M2023
$478.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$113.7k±$12.5k
Median gross rent
$568/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±3.7%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
30.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 91Strong wind 56Winter weather 53
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2017–2025
1002017
952018
992019
1042020
1172021
1322022
1422023
1442024
1592025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.6 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
EVWR
Nearest port
52.3 km
Shawneetown Regional Port, IL
Nearest commercial airport
38.8 km
MOUNT VERNON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hamilton?
Hamilton's economy produced $478.3M in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% of 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.