County profile
Lake County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#63 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$82.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
337,069
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
20,076
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$90.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
719,339
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$110.4k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
47.7%±0.7%
Poverty rate
8.3%±0.4%
Business applications
9,888 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,098
29.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1AbbVie Inc.Healthcare$61.2B81B+2CDW CorporationTechnology$22.4B75B+3W.W. Grainger, Inc.Industrials$17.9B85A4Baxter International Inc.Healthcare$11.2B78B+5Packaging Corporation of AmericaConsumer Cyclical$9.0B73B6Camping World Holdings, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$6.4B53D7Option Care Health, Inc.Healthcare$5.6B83B+8Zebra Technologies CorporationTechnology$5.4B78B+9Brunswick CorporationConsumer Cyclical$5.4B60C10Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.Basic Materials$4.5B70B11Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.Consumer Defensive$3.7B65B12ACCO Brands CorporationIndustrials$1.5B63C13Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$80.0M60C14Yunhong Green CTI Ltd.Consumer Cyclical$19.7M37D15BAB, Inc.Consumer Defensive$3.4M69B16NSTS Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$252.0k37D17UV Flu Technologies, Inc.Industrials$175.5k——18Sycamore Ventures, Inc.Industrials$2.8k——19ID Global CorporationIndustrials———20North America Lithium Corp.Basic Materials———21Altair Corp.Industrials———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
Professional services20%
Wholesale trade19%
Health care18%
Retail trade15%
Manufacturing14%
Management14%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
719,339
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $103.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−18,859
International migration+17,343
Natural change+6,893
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$65.3B2019
$65.0B2020
$71.5B2021
$76.1B2022
$79.9B2023
$82.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$345.7k±$3.5k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
4.5%±0.4%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$712.7M
1,468 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Tornado 99Strong wind 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4752016
4832017
4892018
4982019
5012020
5422021
6172022
6722023
7232024
7712025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 63% since 20219022021
9572022
8192023
1,0422024
1,4682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.8 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
NIRC
Nearest port
15.4 km
WAUKEGAN HARBOR PUBLIC DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
39.2 km
CHICAGO O'HARE INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR9 filings from 6 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$90.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lake?
Lake's economy produced $82.9B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.
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.