County profile
Vermilion County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#785 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
23,008
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,300
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
71,259
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$56.9k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
19.2%±1.2%
Poverty rate
17.7%±1.5%
Business applications
708 · 2025
Retail establishments
217
30.4/10k 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 care27%
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade16%
Wholesale trade11%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
71,259
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,484
International migration+120
Natural change−1,385
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.3B2019
$3.2B2020
$3.6B2021
$4.0B2022
$4.1B2023
$4.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.2k±$3.3k
Median gross rent
$838/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±1.1%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$2.2M
10 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$974/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 93Winter weather 91Drought 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1302016
1312017
1292018
1352019
1392020
1502021
1652022
1702023
1852024
1992025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 67% since 202162021
22022
82023
42024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.3 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
6.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
141.3 km
Dow Chemical Co., Joliet Plant West Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
49.0 km
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/WILLARD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Vermilion?
Vermilion's economy produced $4.2B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 72% 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.