County profile
Jefferson County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1120 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,260
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
882
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,147
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±1.3%
Poverty rate
13.5%±1.7%
Business applications
299 · 2025
Retail establishments
149
41.3/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care21%
Retail trade14%
Transportation13%
Food & accommodation10%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,147
residents · 2025 · -2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $52.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−416
International migration+63
Natural change−504
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$126.0k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$885/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±1.5%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.3M
12 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 96Strong wind 92Winter weather 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2052016
2022017
2002018
2022019
2112020
2272021
2522022
2732023
2972024
3072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 9% since 2021112021
52022
42023
62024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
UP
Nearest port
79.9 km
Jackson-Union Port District, IL
Nearest commercial airport
6.2 km
MOUNT VERNON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.