County profile
Mercer County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2287 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$589.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,200
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
258
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,229
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$74.2k±$7.0k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
8.9%±1.8%
Business applications
143 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
19.6/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Health care20%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation11%
Finance & insurance7%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,229
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $61.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−44
International migration+6
Natural change−368
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$380.5M2019
$413.1M2020
$502.4M2021
$587.3M2022
$550.0M2023
$589.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$146.7k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$786/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
9.9%±2.4%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$4.8M
18 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 72Landslide 68Ice storm 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2292016
2342017
2252018
2442019
2482020
2642021
2792022
3072023
3182024
3322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 125% since 202182021
72022
162023
162024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.0 km
I-280
Nearest freight rail
27.6 km
CPKC
Nearest port
20.6 km
ADM/GROWMARK, KEITHSBURG WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
33.3 km
QUAD CITIES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mercer?
Mercer's economy produced $589.6M in 2024, growing 7.2% year over year — faster than most 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.