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Rock Island

United States · GDP 2024
#371 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.6B
GDP growth
+2.5%
Jobs tracked
64,307
Employers
2,992
Avg. wage
$69.5k
Population
141,869
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$1.9k
Business applications
1,318 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Deere & CompanyIndustrials$45.7B75B+2QCR Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$546.1M71B

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 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
$10.6B
2019
$10.4B
2020
$11.0B
2021
$11.9B
2022
$12.3B
2023
$12.6B
2024

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
187 (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
296
2016
300
2017
304
2018
311
2019
315
2020
337
2021
368
2022
395
2023
427
2024
441
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

8 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KDeere & Company06-01
10-QDeere & Company05-28
8-KQCR Holdings, Inc.05-26
8-KDeere & Company05-21
10-QQCR Holdings, Inc.05-08
8-KDeere & Company05-01
8-KQCR Holdings, Inc.04-22
8-KQCR Holdings, Inc.04-22
DEF 14AQCR Holdings, Inc.04-09
8-KDeere & Company03-16
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$69.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Mahoning$12.6BStearns$12.6BJohnson$12.6BAscension$12.7BPitt$12.5BOnslow$12.5B
The read

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.
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