County profile
Carroll County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
4,848
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
431
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,299
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$54.5k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
16.9%±1.9%
Poverty rate
15.3%±2.3%
Business applications
269 · 2025
Retail establishments
79
27.0/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Retail trade21%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation15%
Other services6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,299
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,328
International migration+87
Natural change−1,274
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$156.5k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$738/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
24.7%±2.3%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$16.2M
77 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Cold wave 89Drought 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1482016
1532017
1572018
1602019
1722020
1862021
2132022
2392023
2492024
2682025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -3% since 2021792021
802022
772023
822024
772025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.6 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
15.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
163.5 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
80.7 km
SMITH REYNOLDS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Carroll County’s economy like?
Carroll County is home to 29,299 residents and 4,848 jobs across 431 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.