County profile
Whiteside County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#986 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,838
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,158
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
54,121
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$67.5k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
12.0%±1.6%
Business applications
415 · 2025
Retail establishments
173
31.8/10k 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
Manufacturing30%
Health care24%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation11%
Management5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
54,121
residents · 2025 · -2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $57.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−435
International migration+173
Natural change−1,189
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.2B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.7B2022
$2.8B2023
$3.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.1k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$856/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±1.6%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$8.5M
23 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
65.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 87Strong wind 85Hail 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2162016
2162017
2252018
2282019
2362020
2482021
2782022
2882023
3122024
3242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 2021232021
282022
262023
252024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.8 km
I-88
Nearest freight rail
4.1 km
UP
Nearest port
23.8 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, FULTON DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
60.0 km
QUAD CITIES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Whiteside?
Whiteside's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 4.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.