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Woodford County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Woodford County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Woodford County economy

  • 3.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 18,715

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 38,348

    people in Woodford County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $85,629

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 46%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Woodford County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Woodford County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Woodford County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Biote2 open roles
  2. Hyatt-Fennell2 open roles
  3. Alldus1 open role
  4. CNH Industrial1 open role
  5. Eureka College1 open role
  6. Kasmo Global1 open role
  7. Nawal M. Abueid Law Office1 open role
  8. The QualiFind Group1 open role
  9. Vivo1 open role

Colleges in Woodford County

Colleges in Woodford County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Eureka CollegeEurekaPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Woodford County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Career Link

    Fulton, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford

  • Career Link - Woodford County (Satellite Office)

    Eureka · Affiliate · 309-467-4445

    Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm

Cities in Woodford County

Other Illinois counties

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.