County profile
Craig County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#2976 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$152.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
425
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
64
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,800
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$69.1k±$17.0k
Bachelor's degree+
19.2%±5.6%
Poverty rate
13.7%±7.4% · low reliability
Business applications
63 · 2025
Retail establishments
9
18.7/10k 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
Retail trade40%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction10%
Other services8%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,800
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+108
International migration+4
Natural change−187
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$106.3M2019
$107.3M2020
$124.5M2021
$131.3M2022
$142.8M2023
$152.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.0k±$16.0k
Median gross rent
$713/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
27.6%±8.8%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$5.0M
19 units · 4.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
6.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 83Avalanche 48Hurricane 35
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
922015
852016
922017
942018
982019
1052020
1082021
1112022
1332023
1502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -21% since 2021242021
102022
202023
292024
192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.1 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
19.1 km
NS
Nearest port
118.8 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
27.1 km
ROANOKE/BLACKSBURG RGNL (WOODRUM FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.8k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Craig?
Craig's economy produced $152.0M in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.