County profile
Monroe County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1601 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,455
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
875
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,840
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$102.9k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
38.7%±2.7%
Poverty rate
5.0%±1.1%
Business applications
292 · 2025
Retail establishments
98
27.9/10k 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
Food & accommodation27%
Retail trade23%
Health care18%
Other services13%
Admin & support12%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,840
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $77.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+368
International migration−6
Natural change−481
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$937.2M2019
$924.1M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$282.1k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±1.9%
Affordability
6.3× wages
Residential permits
$33.1M
65 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 88Earthquake 85Landslide 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2262016
2322017
2412018
2492019
2532020
2732021
3092022
3312023
3552024
3782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 20211172021
872022
652023
602024
652025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.7 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
10.8 km
UP
Nearest port
15.6 km
GATEWAY FS, KEMPERS LANDING TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
32.4 km
ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Monroe?
Monroe's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.