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Knox

United States · GDP 2024
#1114 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
GDP growth
+5.9%
Jobs tracked
14,242
Employers
968
Avg. wage
$44.6k
Population
47,767
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$57.0k±$3.3k
Business applications
344 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 trade30%
Health care26%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing14%
Education9%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
47,767
residents · 2025 · -4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $52.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,508
International migration+719
Natural change−1,289

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B
2019
$1.8B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.2B
2022
$2.3B
2023
$2.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$111.9k±$4.7k
Median gross rent
$788/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
11.7%±1.7%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
57.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 96Hail 84Heat wave 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
234
2016
233
2017
242
2018
241
2019
252
2020
265
2021
288
2022
307
2023
329
2024
348
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.2 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
55.0 km
Heart of Illinois Port, IL
Nearest commercial airport
52.9 km
GENERAL DOWNING - PEORIA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
St. Francois$2.4BFulton$2.4BAshland$2.4BJefferson$2.4BCarroll$2.5BMason$2.5B
The read

Knox's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 5.9% year over year — faster than most 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.
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