County profile
Giles County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1903 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$923.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,774
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
299
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$65.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,564
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$65.7k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
17.6%±2.8%
Poverty rate
9.3%±2.1%
Business applications
142 · 2025
Retail establishments
64
38.5/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade21%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation15%
Other services7%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,564
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+317
International migration−9
Natural change−521
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$526.8M2019
$559.7M2020
$712.9M2021
$722.2M2022
$929.5M2023
$923.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.1k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$789/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
19.7%±3.6%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$10.8M
23 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$984/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 88Avalanche 69Earthquake 43
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1902016
1942017
1962018
2092019
2142020
2322021
2842022
2882023
3062024
3272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 2021272021
362022
352023
232024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.8 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
NS
Nearest port
104.5 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
64.3 km
RALEIGH COUNTY MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$65.3k
avg. annual pay · +58% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Giles?
Giles's economy produced $923.4M in 2024, contracting 0.7% year over year — slower than 82% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.