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McHenry

United States · GDP 2024
#314 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$16.0B
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
87,684
Employers
8,140
Avg. wage
$53.5k
Population
317,751
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$104.8k±$2.2k
Business applications
3,764 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1AptarGroup, Inc.Healthcare$3.8B86A

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
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade21%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction11%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
317,751
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $72.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,769
International migration+1,655
Natural change+2,243

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$12.2B
2019
$11.8B
2020
$13.3B
2021
$14.4B
2022
$15.3B
2023
$16.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$308.1k±$3.7k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
3.1%±0.5%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
1,393 (4.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Tornado 96Strong wind 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
388
2016
408
2017
426
2018
438
2019
446
2020
492
2021
564
2022
617
2023
663
2024
702
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.5 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
UP
Nearest port
51.7 km
WAUKEGAN HARBOR PUBLIC DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
55.0 km
CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KAptarGroup, Inc.05-13
8-KAptarGroup, Inc.05-07
10-QAptarGroup, Inc.05-01
8-KAptarGroup, Inc.04-30
DEF 14AAptarGroup, Inc.03-27
8-KAptarGroup, Inc.03-17
10-KAptarGroup, Inc.02-06
8-KAptarGroup, Inc.02-05
8-KAptarGroup, Inc.11-20
10-QAptarGroup, Inc.10-31
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lower Connecticut River Valley$16.1BWebb$16.1BSt. Clair$16.1BMartin$16.2BBrazos$15.7BOlmsted$15.7B
The read

McHenry's economy produced $16.0B 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.
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