County profile
Louisa County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#952 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,738
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
683
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,924
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$86.7k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
29.7%±2.4%
Poverty rate
10.0%±1.6%
Business applications
536 · 2025
Retail establishments
82
19.4/10k 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
Transportation24%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade19%
Construction15%
Utilities11%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,924
residents · 2025 · +13.6% since 2020
Income per capita $54.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,997
International migration+256
Natural change−114
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.7B2021
$3.0B2022
$3.2B2023
$3.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$315.3k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
15.3%±2.3%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
$118.7M
404 units · 9.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 80Earthquake 76Lightning 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1842016
1892017
2012018
2092019
2172020
2392021
2802022
2982023
3192024
3382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -21% since 20215132021
4172022
3362023
4092024
4042025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
4.3 km
BB
Nearest port
70.8 km
IMTT, RICHMOND TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
46.6 km
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.8k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Louisa?
Louisa's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, contracting 2.4% year over year — slower than 86% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.