County profile
Dickenson County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1981 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$850.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,878
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
184
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,236
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$47.3k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
10.1%±2.4%
Poverty rate
17.3%±3.7%
Business applications
104 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
26.1/10k 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 trade28%
Health care23%
Mining & energy15%
Food & accommodation13%
Information12%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,236
residents · 2025 · -6.0% since 2020
Income per capita $46.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−195
International migration+11
Natural change−648
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$482.1M2019
$502.1M2020
$678.6M2021
$871.1M2022
$915.2M2023
$850.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$102.7k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$738/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
19.4%±3.8%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$830.0k
5 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Wildfire 83Avalanche 66
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -38% since 202182021
32022
382023
112024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
56.6 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
132.8 km
Redbud South
Nearest commercial airport
72.5 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.8k
avg. annual pay · +35% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dickenson?
Dickenson's economy produced $850.5M in 2024, contracting 7.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.