County profile
Jo Daviess County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1738 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,609
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
673
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,594
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
28.9%±2.4%
Poverty rate
7.8%±1.1%
Business applications
190 · 2025
Retail establishments
115
53.1/10k 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
Food & accommodation30%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing14%
Health care14%
Construction12%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,594
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $63.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+29
International migration+29
Natural change−542
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$795.2M2019
$811.4M2020
$964.5M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$209.9k±$11.0k
Median gross rent
$825/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
22.7%±2.1%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$18.3M
42 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$954/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Hail 85Cold wave 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2122016
2152017
2162018
2282019
2312020
2462021
2782022
2792023
3132024
3382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 2% since 2021412021
352022
362023
592024
422025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
73.4 km
I-88
Nearest freight rail
12.6 km
CN
Nearest port
29.8 km
RENTECH NITROGEN LLC
Nearest commercial airport
41.0 km
DUBUQUE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jo Daviess?
Jo Daviess's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.