County profile
Augusta County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
22,743
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,439
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
78,940
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$82.0k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%±1.7%
Poverty rate
6.6%±1.1%
Business applications
709 · 2025
Retail establishments
166
21.1/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Health care21%
Transportation15%
Retail trade11%
Construction10%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
78,940
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,916
International migration+482
Natural change−2,057
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$306.1k±$11.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
6.1%±1.2%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
$113.6M
495 units · 6.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Hail 80Hurricane 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2512016
2542017
2682018
2752019
2852020
3112021
3552022
3882023
4102024
4382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 100% since 20212482021
2552022
1902023
3572024
4952025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.9 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
BB
Nearest port
167.0 km
POSSUM POINT VA VA ELEC&PWR CO
Nearest commercial airport
23.4 km
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Augusta County’s economy like?
Augusta County is home to 78,940 residents and 22,743 jobs across 1,439 employers, led by manufacturing. 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.