County profile
Buckingham County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#2143 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$697.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,863
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
257
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,137
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$60.8k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.5%±2.4%
Poverty rate
12.5%±2.3%
Business applications
187 · 2025
Retail establishments
41
24.0/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade23%
Health care21%
Construction13%
Other services12%
Mining & energy6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,137
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $41.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+746
International migration+13
Natural change−442
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$549.1M2019
$584.2M2020
$576.1M2021
$637.8M2022
$692.6M2023
$697.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.4k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$927/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±3.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$21.1M
86 units · 5.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$959/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Hurricane 75Earthquake 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
852016
902017
972018
962019
982020
1032021
1292022
1422023
1572024
1642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 2% since 2021842021
1002022
842023
962024
862025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
6.3 km
BB
Nearest port
97.6 km
LUCK STONE, RICHMOND QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
63.6 km
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Buckingham?
Buckingham's economy produced $697.9M in 2024, growing 0.8% year over year — slower than 77% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.