County profile
Piatt County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2121 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$719.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,535
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
339
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,791
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$94.8k±$8.1k
Bachelor's degree+
32.9%±3.1%
Poverty rate
6.1%±1.6%
Business applications
138 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
24.6/10k 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 care26%
Retail trade21%
Wholesale trade16%
Manufacturing15%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,791
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $71.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+272
International migration+44
Natural change−217
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$491.8M2019
$512.3M2020
$592.3M2021
$670.1M2022
$683.3M2023
$719.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$180.6k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$175/mo
Vacancy rate
6.6%±2.1%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$15.9M
39 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 87Earthquake 66Cold wave 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2252016
2302017
2312018
2402019
2432020
2622021
2842022
3052023
3412024
3452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 77% since 2021222021
302022
262023
342024
392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.7 km
I-72
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
NS
Nearest port
109.3 km
AMERICAN MILLING CO., PEKIN GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
27.0 km
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/WILLARD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Piatt?
Piatt's economy produced $719.1M in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — faster than most 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.