County profile
Union County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#2368 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$532.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,489
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
352
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,656
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$55.7k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±2.4%
Poverty rate
20.2%±2.4%
Business applications
149 · 2025
Retail establishments
57
33.9/10k 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 care42%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing9%
Other services6%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,656
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $53.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−230
International migration+119
Natural change−521
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$438.8M2019
$433.0M2020
$463.4M2021
$483.7M2022
$514.1M2023
$532.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$131.7k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$648/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
12.5%±3.1%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$2.2M
10 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 90Strong wind 87Heat wave 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1422016
1522017
1532018
1552019
1572020
1642021
1662022
1952023
1972024
2232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 25% since 202182021
92022
112023
132024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.0 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CN
Nearest port
21.7 km
Jackson-Union Port District, IL
Nearest commercial airport
34.1 km
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Union?
Union's economy produced $532.8M in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.