County profile
Kendall County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#679 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
25,500
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,548
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
145,470
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$111.6k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
36.9%±1.8%
Poverty rate
5.4%±0.9%
Business applications
1,975 · 2025
Retail establishments
246
17.2/10k 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
Retail trade31%
Food & accommodation24%
Manufacturing15%
Transportation12%
Health care10%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
145,470
residents · 2025 · +9.9% since 2020
Income per capita $63.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,695
International migration+1,655
Natural change+3,791
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.9B2019
$3.8B2020
$4.2B2021
$4.6B2022
$5.2B2023
$5.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$322.4k±$5.7k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
2.6%±0.8%
Affordability
6.5× wages
Residential permits
$167.2M
733 units · 5.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 96Tornado 90Strong wind 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2692016
2822017
2972018
3052019
3092020
3402021
3922022
4232023
4492024
4802025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 7% since 20216842021
7492022
1,1252023
7062024
7332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
5.6 km
IR
Nearest port
24.1 km
RRR GRUNDY, LLC
Nearest commercial airport
60.2 km
CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kendall?
Kendall's economy produced $5.4B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.