Places/IL/White County, IL
County profile

White County, IL

United States · GDP 2024
#2113 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$724.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,219
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
340
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,250
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$54.8k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
18.3%±2.8%
Poverty rate
16.4%±2.8%
Business applications
85 · 2025
Retail establishments
53
39.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care32%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing11%
Other services10%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
13,250
residents · 2025 · -4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $65.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration28
International migration+32
Natural change551

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$519.2M
2019
$448.1M
2020
$546.8M
2021
$646.1M
2022
$702.4M
2023
$724.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$108.1k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$719/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
15.7%±3.3%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$341.7k
1 units · 0.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 92Winter weather 69Drought 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
154
2016
150
2017
155
2018
156
2019
158
2020
162
2021
187
2022
189
2023
194
2024
202
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-67% since 2021
3
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
1
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.9 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
EVWR
Nearest port
29.9 km
CASTLEN TERMINAL MT. VERNON
Nearest commercial airport
57.2 km
EVANSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of White?

White's economy produced $724.4M in 2024, growing 3.1% 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.