County profile
Essex County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#2331 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$560.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,180
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
309
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,654
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$56.5k±$7.5k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±3.3%
Poverty rate
12.3%±3.5%
Business applications
143 · 2025
Retail establishments
57
53.4/10k 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 trade32%
Health care23%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing15%
Other services6%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,654
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+326
International migration+21
Natural change−295
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$387.7M2019
$384.2M2020
$409.2M2021
$432.0M2022
$528.7M2023
$560.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$238.1k±$20.1k
Median gross rent
$972/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
23.5%±3.6%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$14.0M
62 units · 5.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 94Hurricane 80Coastal flooding 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1532016
1592017
1632018
1682019
1782020
1942021
2222022
2432023
2542024
2572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 41% since 2021442021
412022
332023
382024
622025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.8 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
36.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
8.6 km
CONTINENTAL GRAIN
Nearest commercial airport
58.5 km
RICHMOND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Essex?
Essex's economy produced $560.4M in 2024, growing 6.0% 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.