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Arlington

United States · GDP 2024
#120 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$49.1B
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
159,716
Employers
6,334
Avg. wage
$118.0k
Population
243,931
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$142.1k±$3.6k
Business applications
4,280 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Boeing CompanyIndustrials$89.5B75B+2RTX CorporationIndustrials$88.6B80B+3Venture Global, Inc.Energy$13.8B52D4The AES CorporationUtilities$12.2B57C5Graham Holdings CompanyConsumer Defensive$4.9B79B+6Leonardo DRS, Inc.Industrials$3.6B71B7CoStar Group, Inc.Real Estate$3.2B67B8Fluence Energy, Inc.Utilities$2.3B35D9Privia Health Group, Inc.Healthcare$2.1B68B10AeroVironment, Inc.Industrials$2.0B55C11Evolent Health, Inc.Healthcare$1.9B60C12AvalonBay Communities, Inc.Real Estate$7.0M73B13Affinity Networks, Inc.Technology———

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
Professional services45%
Other services14%
Food & accommodation14%
Health care10%
Admin & support9%
Information9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
243,931
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $131.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−14,216
International migration+12,798
Natural change+6,873

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$38.0B
2019
$38.2B
2020
$41.0B
2021
$42.3B
2022
$46.9B
2023
$49.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$895.0k±$16.9k
Median gross rent
$2.3k/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±0.8%
Affordability
7.6× wages
Residential permits
1,309 (5.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
66.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 90Winter weather 84Lightning 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1283
2016
1302
2017
1355
2018
1417
2019
1450
2020
1512
2021
1631
2022
1666
2023
1774
2024
1799
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

52 filings from 12 companies here in the last 90 days.

10-KAeroVironment, Inc.06-29
8-KAeroVironment, Inc.06-29
8-KThe AES Corporation06-26
8-KVenture Global, Inc.06-26
8-KCoStar Group, Inc.06-25
8-KAeroVironment, Inc.06-25
8-KAeroVironment, Inc.06-22
8-KThe AES Corporation06-16
8-KThe AES Corporation06-12
8-KVenture Global, Inc.06-11
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$118.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Bucks$48.8BGreenville$48.7BFort Bend$49.6BMontgomery$50.1BSouth Central Connecticut$50.1BUtah$47.9B
The read

Arlington's economy produced $49.1B in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.

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.
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