County profile
Kane County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#163 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$37.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
194,921
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
13,537
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
525,757
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$103.2k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
38.1%±0.9%
Poverty rate
7.9%±0.5%
Business applications
6,489 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,413
27.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Middleby CorporationIndustrials$3.2B67B2John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.Consumer Defensive$1.1B69B3Westell Technologies, Inc.Technology$29.9M——4Goldenstone Acquisition LimitedFinancial Services———5Alliance Creative Group, Inc.Consumer Cyclical———6Middleby Corp.Industrials———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
$28.9B2019
$27.9B2020
$30.6B2021
$33.4B2022
$35.4B2023
$37.1B2024
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
$563.8M
1,629 units · 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
4562016
4742017
4912018
5052019
5112020
5602021
6422022
7022023
7512024
7952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 22% since 20211,3332021
1,4112022
2,1492023
2,1322024
1,6292025
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 EDGAR13 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kane?
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.