County profile
Perry County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1957 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$873.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,302
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
378
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,160
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$62.1k±$5.6k
Bachelor's degree+
13.7%±2.0%
Poverty rate
16.9%±3.1%
Business applications
114 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
23.6/10k 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 care32%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade16%
Manufacturing14%
Mining & energy12%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,160
residents · 2025 · -3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $49.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−341
International migration+40
Natural change−431
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$609.8M2019
$613.3M2020
$691.2M2021
$791.3M2022
$857.0M2023
$873.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$112.6k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$728/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
14.0%±2.7%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$5.0M
23 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 94Cold wave 88Strong wind 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1842016
1912017
1912018
1942019
1952020
2172021
2342022
2532023
2722024
3152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 2021222021
212022
202023
202024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.1 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
UP
Nearest port
40.9 km
KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, CORA TERMINAL DOCK AND FLEET MO
Nearest commercial airport
35.5 km
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Perry?
Perry's economy produced $873.3M 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.