County profile
Macon County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#485 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
42,511
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,241
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$67.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
99,300
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$62.7k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
24.4%±1.6%
Poverty rate
15.0%±1.3%
Business applications
1,107 · 2025
Retail establishments
326
32.6/10k 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
Health care29%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
99,300
residents · 2025 · -4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $61.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,803
International migration+836
Natural change−1,504
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.8B2019
$6.8B2020
$7.6B2021
$8.0B2022
$8.8B2023
$9.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.3k±$4.3k
Median gross rent
$847/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±1.3%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$14.2M
38 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 91Heat wave 90Earthquake 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1432016
1432017
1432018
1482019
1512020
1612021
1802022
1952023
2072024
2182025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 15% since 2021332021
212022
342023
572024
382025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.4 km
I-72
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
CN
Nearest port
97.3 km
AMERICAN MILLING CO., PEKIN GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
8.7 km
DECATUR
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$67.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Macon?
Macon's economy produced $9.1B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.