County profile
Brunswick County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1694 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+17.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,356
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
254
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,727
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$53.1k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±2.4%
Poverty rate
14.9%±2.9%
Business applications
215 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
29.2/10k 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
Admin & support32%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade17%
Agriculture13%
Health care12%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,727
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $47.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+491
International migration+55
Natural change−630
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$865.7M2019
$926.8M2020
$967.3M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.0B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.7k±$16.5k
Median gross rent
$834/mo±$80/mo
Vacancy rate
18.6%±3.9%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$8.2M
36 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Hurricane 80Winter weather 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1712016
1692017
1622018
1792019
1732020
2142021
2292022
2672023
2812024
2572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 2021402021
402022
372023
372024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.5 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
NS
Nearest port
70.7 km
VULCAN MATERIALS, PUDDLEDOCK QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
95.2 km
RICHMOND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.3k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brunswick?
Brunswick's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 17.5% year over year — faster than 98% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is admin & support.
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.