Places/IL/Williamson County, IL
County profile

Williamson County, IL

United States · GDP 2024
#813 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
26,291
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,597
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
67,225
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$65.6k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
26.2%±1.6%
Poverty rate
13.8%±1.5%
Business applications
626 · 2025
Retail establishments
231
34.4/10k 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 care33%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation14%
Finance & insurance9%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
67,225
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $58.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+854
International migration+213
Natural change1,000

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$3.1B
2019
$3.0B
2020
$3.2B
2021
$3.5B
2022
$3.8B
2023
$4.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$156.4k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$930/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
9.7%±1.3%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$21.1M
141 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 99Earthquake 96Heat wave 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
218
2016
218
2017
221
2018
222
2019
227
2020
247
2021
270
2022
295
2023
315
2024
331
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
52% since 2021
93
2021
146
2022
129
2023
138
2024
141
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.6 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
UP
Nearest port
36.2 km
Jackson-Union Port District, IL
Nearest commercial airport
7.7 km
VETERANS AIRPORT OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Williamson?

Williamson's economy produced $4.0B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among 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.