County profile
Mecklenburg County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1455 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,366
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
793
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,747
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$57.0k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
20.7%±1.7%
Poverty rate
16.3%±2.4%
Business applications
349 · 2025
Retail establishments
155
50.3/10k 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
Retail trade28%
Health care27%
Food & accommodation18%
Information11%
Manufacturing9%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,747
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $51.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,326
International migration+311
Natural change−1,187
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$192.6k±$11.0k
Median gross rent
$823/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
29.7%±2.0%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$55.2M
174 units · 5.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
54.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$950/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Hurricane 85Earthquake 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2292016
2432017
2392018
2432019
2552020
2772021
3362022
3432023
3942024
4042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -7% since 20211882021
2252022
1222023
1532024
1742025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.4 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
11.1 km
BB
Nearest port
109.4 km
VULCAN MATERIALS, PUDDLEDOCK QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
97.2 km
RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Mecklenburg?
Mecklenburg's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 8.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.