County profile
Putnam County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2504 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$427.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,267
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
133
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$66.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,619
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$75.6k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.9%±3.2%
Poverty rate
8.1%±2.2%
Business applications
60 · 2025
Retail establishments
12
21.4/10k 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
Manufacturing49%
Construction21%
Retail trade9%
Admin & support8%
Transportation7%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,619
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $73.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+48
International migration+0
Natural change−51
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$349.0M2019
$291.8M2020
$347.1M2021
$376.0M2022
$406.9M2023
$427.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$172.7k±$10.2k
Median gross rent
$851/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
20.2%±4.5%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$2.6M
6 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
9.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$937/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 63Landslide 47Strong wind 43
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1562016
1552017
1592018
1672019
1602020
1772021
1782022
2332023
2352024
2942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -68% since 2021192021
212022
152023
92024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.8 km
I-180
Nearest freight rail
6.3 km
NS
Nearest port
7.6 km
CARGILL AGHORIZONS, HENNEPIN GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
69.2 km
GENERAL DOWNING - PEORIA INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):3,995,114 short tons/yr · Illinois Valley Port, IL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$66.4k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Putnam?
Putnam's economy produced $427.9M in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.