County profile
Jersey County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2182 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$672.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,403
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
404
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,160
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$80.4k±$7.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.6%±3.1%
Poverty rate
8.8%±2.4%
Business applications
166 · 2025
Retail establishments
53
25.1/10k 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 trade24%
Food & accommodation18%
Education15%
Construction9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,160
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $56.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+199
International migration+60
Natural change−594
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$497.6M2019
$524.4M2020
$612.5M2021
$649.3M2022
$665.3M2023
$672.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.9k±$12.5k
Median gross rent
$846/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
20.0%±3.0%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$10.5M
39 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 82Heat wave 79Earthquake 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2112016
2142017
2172018
2242019
2262020
2392021
2542022
3022023
3022024
3242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -68% since 20211232021
1262022
872023
1012024
392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.8 km
I-270
Nearest freight rail
4.6 km
CPKC
Nearest port
14.8 km
GRAFTON, IL - GRAFTON FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
34.6 km
ST LOUIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jersey?
Jersey's economy produced $672.9M in 2024, growing 1.2% year over year — slower than 75% 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.