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 · 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 care32%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing11%
Other services10%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,250
residents · 2025 · -4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $65.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−28
International migration+32
Natural change−551
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$519.2M2019
$448.1M2020
$546.8M2021
$646.1M2022
$702.4M2023
$724.4M2024
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 · 2016–2025
1542016
1502017
1552018
1562019
1582020
1622021
1872022
1892023
1942024
2022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -67% since 202132021
02022
02023
02024
12025
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 · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of White?
White's economy produced $724.4M in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower 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.