County profile
Jackson County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#919 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,485
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,196
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
52,501
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$48.8k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
36.3%±1.6%
Poverty rate
21.0%±1.9%
Business applications
592 · 2025
Retail establishments
181
34.4/10k 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 trade22%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing11%
Construction7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
52,501
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $51.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,850
International migration+1,237
Natural change−211
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B2019
$2.7B2020
$2.8B2021
$3.1B2022
$3.2B2023
$3.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$137.3k±$9.9k
Median gross rent
$782/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
17.2%±2.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$269.1k
4 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 99Earthquake 97Landslide 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1782016
1722017
1802018
1772019
1772020
1932021
2092022
2222023
2302024
2512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -33% since 202162021
42022
62023
42024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.6 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
UP
Nearest port
15.0 km
Jackson-Union Port District, IL
Nearest commercial airport
11.4 km
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):3,486,846 short tons/yr · Jackson-Union Port District, IL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $3.3B in 2024, growing 2.0% year over year — slower than 71% 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.