County profile
Frederick County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
31,079
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,695
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
99,955
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$97.6k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
31.9%±1.7%
Poverty rate
6.8%±1.0%
Business applications
1,132 · 2025
Retail establishments
214
21.8/10k 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
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade24%
Finance & insurance14%
Transportation14%
Wholesale trade12%
Food & accommodation12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
99,955
residents · 2025 · +8.8% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,175
International migration+833
Natural change+132
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$386.0k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$101/mo
Vacancy rate
5.1%±1.0%
Affordability
6.6× wages
Residential permits
$170.8M
707 units · 7.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 80Hurricane 76Drought 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2592016
2712017
2802018
2942019
3022020
3392021
3912022
4142023
4362024
4562025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 3% since 20216872021
6572022
7982023
8722024
7072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.1 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
WW
Nearest port
106.5 km
VULCAN MATERIALS WOODBRIDGE VA
Nearest commercial airport
72.5 km
HAGERSTOWN RGNL/RICHARD A HENSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Frederick County’s economy like?
Frederick County is home to 99,955 residents and 31,079 jobs across 1,695 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.