County profile
Buchanan County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1573 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,687
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
343
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$62.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,492
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.1%
Median HH income
$42.9k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
11.5%±2.3%
Poverty rate
25.2%±4.7%
Business applications
129 · 2025
Retail establishments
59
31.5/10k 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
Mining & energy47%
Retail trade18%
Health care15%
Manufacturing8%
Food & accommodation7%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,492
residents · 2025 · -8.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−781
International migration+48
Natural change−1,035
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$950.7M2020
$1.2B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.9k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$743/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
27.0%±3.8%
Affordability
1.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.2M
12 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Avalanche 74Wildfire 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2021
1002013
1002014
1052015
972016
972017
1092018
912019
962020
1092021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 202192021
102022
112023
122024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
58.7 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
NS
Nearest port
113.4 km
Amherst Industries, Chelyan Dock
Nearest commercial airport
94.1 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$62.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Buchanan?
Buchanan's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, contracting 6.8% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.