County profile
Hancock County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2008 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$824.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,706
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
365
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,803
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$65.9k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%±2.0%
Poverty rate
12.3%±1.9%
Business applications
160 · 2025
Retail establishments
57
33.7/10k 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
Health care27%
Retail trade26%
Wholesale trade14%
Manufacturing13%
Professional services10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,803
residents · 2025 · -4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $60.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−418
International migration+40
Natural change−388
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$517.8M2019
$552.2M2020
$687.6M2021
$806.2M2022
$787.0M2023
$824.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$113.8k±$4.2k
Median gross rent
$782/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
14.8%±2.0%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$341.7k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 84Heat wave 80Landslide 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1702016
1742017
1802018
1802019
1822020
1952021
2102022
2272023
2402024
2542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202112021
02022
02023
22024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.8 km
I-172
Nearest freight rail
5.7 km
KJRY
Nearest port
19.1 km
CITY OF KEOKUK, HUBINGER LANDING DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.3 km
SOUTHEAST IOWA RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):11,033,628 short tons/yr · Mid-America Port, IA, IL and MO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hancock?
Hancock's economy produced $824.4M in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.