County profile
Lee County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1211 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,894
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
690
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,914
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$70.3k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±1.8%
Poverty rate
11.8%±1.7%
Business applications
255 · 2025
Retail establishments
95
28.9/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care26%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade5%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,914
residents · 2025 · -3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−694
International migration+119
Natural change−631
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.1B2023
$2.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.6k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$894/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±1.9%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$9.3M
32 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 85Drought 80Hail 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2692016
2752017
2812018
2892019
2962020
3112021
3562022
3872023
4072024
4432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 23% since 2021262021
192022
242023
432024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.4 km
I-88
Nearest freight rail
10.2 km
UP
Nearest port
48.7 km
OSAGE MARINE SERVICES, SPRING VALLEY FLEET MOORINGS
Nearest commercial airport
52.6 km
CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lee?
Lee's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 4.6% 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.