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County profile

Kane

United States · GDP 2024
#163 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$37.1B
GDP growth
+4.5%
Jobs tracked
194,921
Employers
13,537
Avg. wage
$60.6k
Population
525,757
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$103.2k±$2.1k
Business applications
6,489 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Middleby CorporationIndustrials$3.2B66B2John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.Consumer Defensive$1.1B69B3Westell Technologies, Inc.Technology$29.9M——4Middleby Corp.Industrials———5Alliance Creative Group, Inc.Consumer Cyclical———6Goldenstone Acquisition LimitedFinancial Services———7Old Second Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———

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
Manufacturing25%
Health care19%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support13%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
525,757
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $69.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−9,268
International migration+9,950
Natural change+8,427

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$28.9B
2019
$27.9B
2020
$30.6B
2021
$33.4B
2022
$35.4B
2023
$37.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$327.0k±$4.1k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
3.3%±0.4%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
1,629 (3.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
94.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Tornado 99Heat wave 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
456
2016
474
2017
491
2018
505
2019
511
2020
560
2021
642
2022
702
2023
751
2024
795
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.9 km
I-88
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
44.2 km
NORAMCO - CHICAGO
Nearest commercial airport
43.2 km
CHICAGO O'HARE INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

23 filings from 4 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KOld Second Bancorp, Inc.07-08
8-KGoldenstone Acquisition Limited07-08
8-KThe Middleby Corporation07-06
8-KOld Second Bancorp, Inc.07-01
8-KThe Middleby Corporation06-29
8-KOld Second Bancorp, Inc.06-25
8-KThe Middleby Corporation06-22
8-KThe Middleby Corporation06-17
8-KOld Second Bancorp, Inc.06-09
8-KThe Middleby Corporation05-26
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$60.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Howard$37.1BDakota$37.1BPlymouth$36.9BMarin$36.9BHamilton$37.3BRichland$37.4B
The read

Kane's economy produced $37.1B in 2024, growing 4.5% 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.
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