Places/IL/Macoupin County, IL
County profile

Macoupin County, IL

United States · GDP 2024
#1502 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,626
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
813
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
43,748
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$70.8k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
20.3%±1.5%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.6%
Business applications
363 · 2025
Retail establishments
120
27.3/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care28%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing11%
Wholesale trade9%
Education9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
43,748
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $56.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration99
International migration+96
Natural change1,193

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.2B
2019
$1.2B
2020
$1.4B
2021
$1.5B
2022
$1.5B
2023
$1.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$138.2k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$801/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±1.8%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$16.8M
70 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 94Heat wave 91Strong wind 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
216
2016
222
2017
224
2018
229
2019
233
2020
248
2021
270
2022
286
2023
309
2024
325
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-1% since 2021
71
2021
54
2022
61
2023
65
2024
70
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.0 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
UP
Nearest port
47.1 km
BLUFF CITY MINERALS, ALTON SAND DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.6 km
ST LOUIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Macoupin?

Macoupin's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over yearslower than 71% 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.