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James City County

United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
25,793
Employers
1,841
Avg. wage
$51.7k
Population
83,326
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$110.0k±$5.2k
Business applications
939 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Health care23%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation17%
Arts & recreation17%
Manufacturing14%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
83,326
residents · 2025 · +6.2% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,947
International migration+749
Natural change−832

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$447.2k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$107/mo
Vacancy rate
7.9%±1.3%
Affordability
8.6× wages
Residential permits
225 (2.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
53.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 85Hurricane 82Ice storm 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
547
2016
554
2017
562
2018
570
2019
592
2020
640
2021
725
2022
807
2023
877
2024
910
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.8 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
11.8 km
JAMESTOWN-SCOTLAND FERRY SLIPS
Nearest commercial airport
32.9 km
NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.7k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
The read

James City County is home to 83,326 residents and 25,793 jobs across 1,841 employers, led by health care. 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.
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