County profile
Goochland County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#808 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
24,730
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
756
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$114.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,187
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$118.9k±$7.2k
Bachelor's degree+
45.8%±3.6%
Poverty rate
5.1%±1.5%
Business applications
380 · 2025
Retail establishments
69
24.4/10k 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
Management44%
Finance & insurance37%
Construction5%
Health care5%
Transportation4%
Arts & recreation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,187
residents · 2025 · +17.4% since 2020
Income per capita $130.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,567
International migration+164
Natural change−484
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.1B2020
$3.5B2021
$3.7B2022
$3.9B2023
$4.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$500.6k±$32.4k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$178/mo
Vacancy rate
7.7%±2.3%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$109.4M
314 units · 10.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 72Drought 71Hurricane 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2712016
2752017
2962018
3042019
3142020
3362021
3872022
4182023
4592024
4672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -11% since 20213532021
3252022
2682023
3222024
3142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
3.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
50.0 km
IMTT, RICHMOND TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
57.8 km
RICHMOND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$114.6k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Goochland?
Goochland's economy produced $4.0B in 2024, growing 2.5% year over year — slower than 68% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is management.
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.