County profile
Pope County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#3072 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$85.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
430
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
49
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,672
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$60.0k±$8.6k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±3.9%
Poverty rate
13.3%±4.5%
Business applications
36 · 2025
Retail establishments
9
24.2/10k 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
Retail trade33%
Food & accommodation26%
Health care16%
Other services14%
Manufacturing7%
Real estate4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,672
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $43.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+110
International migration−2
Natural change−190
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$60.3M2019
$57.1M2020
$58.7M2021
$69.3M2022
$82.1M2023
$85.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.8k±$30.6k
Median gross rent
$449/mo±$97/mo
Vacancy rate
37.8%±4.5%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$200.0k
1 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 82Ice storm 52Drought 51
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.5 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
13.2 km
CN
Nearest port
13.6 km
FLORIDA ROCK INDUSTRIES, GOLCONDA QUARRY
Nearest commercial airport
43.5 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.5k
avg. annual pay · +38% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Pope?
Pope's economy produced $85.1M in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.