Places/IL/Sangamon County, IL
County profile

Sangamon County, IL

United States · GDP 2024
#318 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$15.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
80,005
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,925
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$65.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
194,170
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$75.4k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
36.6%±1.2%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.0%
Business applications
4,281 · 2025
Retail establishments
677
34.9/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Horace Mann Educators CorporationFinancial Services$1.7B65B2Security Midwest Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services

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 care36%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance10%
Other services10%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
194,170
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $63.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration3,236
International migration+1,831
Natural change816

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$11.9B
2019
$11.4B
2020
$12.6B
2021
$14.0B
2022
$14.6B
2023
$15.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$176.3k±$4.6k
Median gross rent
$983/mo±$18/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±0.8%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$77.6M
224 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 97Cold wave 97Heat wave 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
247
2016
249
2017
251
2018
254
2019
257
2020
271
2021
306
2022
327
2023
349
2024
364
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-29% since 2021
317
2021
201
2022
238
2023
191
2024
224
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.7 km
I-72
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
NS
Nearest port
65.1 km
Havana Regional Port, IL
Nearest commercial airport
9.8 km
ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$65.1k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Sangamon?

Sangamon's economy produced $15.7B in 2024, growing 7.0% year over yearfaster 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.