County profile
Saline County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1748 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,502
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
538
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,772
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$53.1k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±2.3%
Poverty rate
18.9%±2.3%
Business applications
190 · 2025
Retail establishments
102
44.7/10k 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 care34%
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation17%
Finance & insurance8%
Construction8%
Manufacturing7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,772
residents · 2025 · -4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $55.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−220
International migration+24
Natural change−767
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$842.8M2019
$771.9M2020
$838.8M2021
$947.8M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.3k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$726/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±1.9%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$920/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 94Strong wind 89Heat wave 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1822016
1702017
1732018
1752019
1832020
1872021
2102022
2302023
2412024
2392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.7 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
30.1 km
Shawneetown Regional Port, IL
Nearest commercial airport
41.3 km
VETERANS AIRPORT OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Saline?
Saline's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 7.4% 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.