County profile
Hardin County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#3023 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$125.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
568
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
55
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,588
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$54.3k±$12.3k
Bachelor's degree+
13.3%±3.6%
Poverty rate
11.0%±3.3%
Business applications
34 · 2025
Retail establishments
8
22.2/10k 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 care57%
Mining & energy13%
Transportation11%
Retail trade10%
Professional services5%
Food & accommodation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,588
residents · 2025 · -1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+108
International migration−6
Natural change−163
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$80.5M2019
$77.3M2020
$84.5M2021
$122.4M2022
$126.6M2023
$125.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$103.8k±$24.1k
Median gross rent
$379/mo±$116/mo
Vacancy rate
33.9%±4.8%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 69Drought 46Ice storm 41
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.9 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
31.7 km
WKRL
Nearest port
8.9 km
CAVE IN ROCK HARDEN CO ILL
Nearest commercial airport
67.8 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +55% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Hardin?
Hardin's economy produced $125.5M in 2024, contracting 0.9% year over year — slower than 82% 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.