County profile
Gloucester County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1590 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,878
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
868
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,097
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$84.3k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±2.7%
Poverty rate
5.2%±1.3%
Business applications
448 · 2025
Retail establishments
130
32.4/10k 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 trade34%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction11%
Other services9%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,097
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $64.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,119
International migration−7
Natural change−742
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$934.1M2019
$976.5M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$331.0k±$15.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
11.8%±2.3%
Affordability
7.3× wages
Residential permits
$36.5M
122 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 76Drought 76Coastal flooding 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1962016
2062017
2072018
2142019
2212020
2432021
2722022
3022023
3222024
3412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 20211682021
1712022
852023
852024
1222025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.2 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
20.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
20.0 km
USN CHEATHAM ANNEX
Nearest commercial airport
31.9 km
NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Gloucester?
Gloucester's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 5.9% 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.