County profile
Iroquois County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1559 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,568
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
625
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,150
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$66.3k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±1.3%
Poverty rate
12.5%±1.5%
Business applications
236 · 2025
Retail establishments
72
27.5/10k 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 care34%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing15%
Wholesale trade14%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,150
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $59.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−168
International migration+69
Natural change−728
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$137.8k±$9.8k
Median gross rent
$799/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±1.5%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$4.7M
14 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Earthquake 71Hail 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1832016
1792017
1902018
1912019
2002020
2142021
2442022
2492023
2782024
2982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 2021262021
102022
132023
132024
142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.2 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
TPW
Nearest port
79.8 km
Dow Chemical Co., Joliet Plant West Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
83.8 km
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Iroquois?
Iroquois's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% 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.