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 · 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 care33%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation14%
Finance & insurance9%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
67,225
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $58.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+854
International migration+213
Natural change−1,000
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.1B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.8B2023
$4.0B2024
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 · 2016–2025
2182016
2182017
2212018
2222019
2272020
2472021
2702022
2952023
3152024
3312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 52% since 2021932021
1462022
1292023
1382024
1412025
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 · 2019–2023$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Williamson?
Williamson's economy produced $4.0B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about 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.