County profile
Grayson County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#2545 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$398.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,566
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
173
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$36.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,230
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$47.7k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
15.5%±2.7%
Poverty rate
16.5%±3.0%
Business applications
148 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
15.7/10k 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
Manufacturing41%
Retail trade18%
Health care14%
Finance & insurance9%
Transportation9%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,230
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $43.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+729
International migration+65
Natural change−837
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$280.3M2019
$294.7M2020
$301.9M2021
$323.0M2022
$383.9M2023
$398.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$150.1k±$9.6k
Median gross rent
$765/mo±$82/mo
Vacancy rate
29.3%±2.5%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$10.0M
33 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 91Cold wave 80Drought 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1422016
1512017
1522018
1572019
1642020
1742021
2092022
2222023
2322024
2462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 2021362021
442022
392023
382024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
28.6 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
22.9 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
164.6 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
102.8 km
HICKORY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$36.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Grayson?
Grayson's economy produced $398.0M in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.