County profile
Shelby County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#1763 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,312
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
422
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,576
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$72.1k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.3%±1.9%
Poverty rate
9.2%±2.0%
Business applications
146 · 2025
Retail establishments
57
27.7/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade16%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services11%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,576
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $56.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+102
International migration+11
Natural change−453
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$735.4M2019
$789.1M2020
$873.7M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$137.1k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$814/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
11.4%±2.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$14.6M
46 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$951/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Cold wave 83Earthquake 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1772016
1792017
1822018
1792019
1862020
2042021
2162022
2392023
2602024
2732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 64% since 2021282021
252022
352023
92024
462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.8 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
UP
Nearest port
127.5 km
Economy Boat Store Wharf.
Nearest commercial airport
46.2 km
COLES COUNTY MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Shelby?
Shelby's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 2.0% year over year — slower than 70% of 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.