County profile
Nelson County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#2137 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$700.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,265
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
372
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,920
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$72.6k±$13.0k
Bachelor's degree+
36.3%±4.1%
Poverty rate
12.5%±2.6%
Business applications
186 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
31.0/10k 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
Food & accommodation41%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade11%
Other services11%
Construction8%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,920
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $71.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+325
International migration+172
Natural change−299
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$525.6M2019
$534.5M2020
$612.2M2021
$628.0M2022
$680.2M2023
$700.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$321.7k±$32.2k
Median gross rent
$946/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
36.3%±3.1%
Affordability
7.0× wages
Residential permits
$19.1M
62 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 76Drought 73Hurricane 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1762016
1822017
1842018
1912019
1942020
2152021
2442022
2892023
2942024
3142025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -24% since 2021822021
702022
652023
662024
622025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.4 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
7.8 km
NS
Nearest port
132.5 km
LUCK STONE, RICHMOND QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
53.1 km
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Nelson?
Nelson's economy produced $700.3M in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 64% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.