Places/IL/Wabash County, IL
County profile

Wabash County, IL

United States · GDP 2024
#2468 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$451.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,660
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
249
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,907
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$57.1k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±3.2%
Poverty rate
16.7%±2.9%
Business applications
70 · 2025
Retail establishments
37
33.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co.Utilities

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 trade15%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade14%
Construction13%
Manufacturing10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
10,907
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $57.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration203
International migration+74
Natural change287

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$358.1M
2019
$342.1M
2020
$364.1M
2021
$420.7M
2022
$437.2M
2023
$451.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$104.9k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$794/mo±$97/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±3.3%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$1.3M
7 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 86Drought 68Heat wave 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
182
2016
173
2017
184
2018
182
2019
185
2020
208
2021
206
2022
224
2023
253
2024
279
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
75% since 2021
4
2021
4
2022
0
2023
2
2024
7
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.1 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
3.1 km
NS
Nearest port
56.7 km
ADM (Archer Daniels Midland Co.)
Nearest commercial airport
52.9 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Wabash?

Wabash's economy produced $451.0M in 2024, growing 3.2% year over yearslower than 63% 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.