County profile
Albemarle County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
42,901
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,963
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$70.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
118,356
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$104.4k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
61.1%±1.9%
Poverty rate
7.7%±0.9%
Business applications
1,456 · 2025
Retail establishments
321
27.4/10k 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 care29%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services15%
Manufacturing9%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
118,356
residents · 2025 · +5.1% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,088
International migration+2,797
Natural change−44
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$495.4k±$13.4k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
6.6%±1.0%
Affordability
7.1× wages
Residential permits
$232.9M
729 units · 6.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 90Earthquake 86Landslide 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5262016
5402017
5712018
5932019
6062020
6562021
7612022
8102023
8562024
9042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20218622021
9272022
8202023
8102024
7292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
NS
Nearest port
115.3 km
IMTT, RICHMOND TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
15.7 km
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$70.2k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Albemarle County’s economy like?
Albemarle County is home to 118,356 residents and 42,901 jobs across 2,963 employers, led by health care. BEA does not publish state-level GDP for US territories, so no GDP figure is shown.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.