County profile
Rock Island County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#371 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
64,307
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,992
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$69.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
141,869
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
24.7%±1.2%
Poverty rate
15.5%±1.1%
Business applications
1,318 · 2025
Retail establishments
402
28.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Deere & CompanyIndustrials$45.7B75B+2QCR Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$546.1M71BHQ-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 care24%
Manufacturing19%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation14%
Management14%
Transportation13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
141,869
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $54.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,753
International migration+2,957
Natural change−676
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$10.6B2019
$10.4B2020
$11.0B2021
$11.9B2022
$12.3B2023
$12.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$150.4k±$3.4k
Median gross rent
$889/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±0.8%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$37.0M
187 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 96Strong wind 94Heat wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2962016
3002017
3042018
3112019
3152020
3372021
3682022
3952023
4272024
4412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 29% since 20211452021
1052022
882023
1402024
1872025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.2 km
I-280
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
IAIS
Nearest port
4.3 km
Rock Island River Terminal Corp. Mooring Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
5.5 km
QUAD CITIES INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$69.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rock Island?
Rock Island's economy produced $12.6B in 2024, growing 2.5% year over year — slower than 67% 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.