Vermilion County, Illinois

County Distress Index: Elevated · 58.1 | 71,652 people · 9th most distressed in Illinois

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Vermilion County, IL registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 58.1 — 985th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Illinois, it ranks 9th of 102 counties. It scores higher than all 8 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Vermilion County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 88.3 — worse than roughly 88% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 88.3
Poverty Rate 84
Income vs. State Median 93
Child Poverty Rate 88
Debt & Delinquency 62.4
Debt in Collections 74
Medical Debt 7
Student Loan Delinquency 91
Auto Loan Delinquency 76
Credit Card Delinquency 70
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 56
Employment & Wages 61.8
Unemployment Rate 95
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 16
Business Formation Rate 74
Housing Cost Burden 51.9
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 56
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 56
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 10
Homeownership Rate 73
Rent-to-Income Ratio 63
Community Vulnerability 26.1
Uninsured Rate 13
Disability Rate 39

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Vermilion County compares to its 8 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Vermilion County
Vermilion County, IL 58.1 Elevated
Vermillion County, IN 50.9 Elevated -7.2
Benton County, IN 49.3 Normal -8.8
Edgar County, IL 44.6 Normal -13.5
Champaign County, IL 44.4 Normal -13.7
Iroquois County, IL 42.6 Normal -15.5
Ford County, IL 37.0 Normal -21.1
Douglas County, IL 35.7 Normal -22.4
Warren County, IN 33.2 Healthy -24.8

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Vermilion County
Rockingham County, NC 58.1 Elevated +0.0
Cattaraugus County, NY 58.0 Elevated -0.0
Calcasieu Parish, LA 58.2 Elevated +0.1
Walker County, AL 58.2 Elevated +0.1
Jones County, MS 57.9 Elevated -0.1

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