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 · 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 care28%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing11%
Wholesale trade9%
Education9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
43,748
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $56.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−99
International migration+96
Natural change−1,193
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
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 · 2016–2025
2162016
2222017
2242018
2292019
2332020
2482021
2702022
2862023
3092024
3252025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -1% since 2021712021
542022
612023
652024
702025
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 · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Macoupin?
Macoupin's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower 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.