County profile
LaSalle County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#548 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
33,721
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,523
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
107,773
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$73.0k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±1.1%
Poverty rate
13.9%±1.3%
Business applications
1,026 · 2025
Retail establishments
378
35.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Tri-County Financial Group, Inc.Financial Services$99.3M54D2Ottawa Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$18.5M49D3First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services———4PFS 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
Retail trade25%
Manufacturing24%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation8%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
107,773
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $57.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−639
International migration+588
Natural change−1,580
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.0B2019
$5.9B2020
$6.6B2021
$7.5B2022
$7.7B2023
$7.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.9k±$2.7k
Median gross rent
$928/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±1.1%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$22.9M
60 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
86.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Drought 88Strong wind 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2432016
2452017
2542018
2652019
2682020
2912021
3232022
3482023
3762024
4062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -22% since 2021772021
942022
922023
772024
602025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.8 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
1.9 km
OTTAWA BARGE TERMINAL, DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
96.3 km
CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.3k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of LaSalle?
LaSalle's economy produced $7.7B in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% of 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.