County profile
James City County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
25,793
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,841
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
83,326
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$110.0k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
51.0%±2.2%
Poverty rate
6.8%±1.2%
Business applications
939 · 2025
Retail establishments
261
31.5/10k 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
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
$77.2M
225 units · 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
5472016
5542017
5622018
5702019
5922020
6402021
7252022
8072023
8772024
9102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -36% since 20213492021
2832022
5972023
3582024
2252025
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
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is James City County’s economy like?
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.