County profile
Alleghany County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
2,492
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
241
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,546
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$56.2k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
14.6%±2.5%
Poverty rate
11.6%±2.2%
Business applications
103 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
27.9/10k 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 care37%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing19%
Retail trade14%
Other services6%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,546
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+151
International migration+33
Natural change−827
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$125.8k±$12.3k
Median gross rent
$765/mo±$108/mo
Vacancy rate
19.3%±2.8%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
13 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 89Landslide 84Avalanche 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1712017
1712018
1732019
1792020
1892021
2092022
2162023
2472024
2572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 160% since 202152021
82022
652023
132024
132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
118.2 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.4 km
GREENBRIER VALLEY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Alleghany County’s economy like?
Alleghany County is home to 14,546 residents and 2,492 jobs across 241 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.