County profile
Northampton County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#2170 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$682.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,939
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
327
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,879
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$61.6k±$7.3k
Bachelor's degree+
32.0%±3.3%
Poverty rate
17.7%±3.0%
Business applications
149 · 2025
Retail establishments
66
54.9/10k 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 care33%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation23%
Manufacturing9%
Agriculture8%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,879
residents · 2025 · -2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $70.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+17
International migration+123
Natural change−479
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$495.9M2019
$519.0M2020
$516.5M2021
$544.2M2022
$670.3M2023
$682.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$316.2k±$40.9k
Median gross rent
$829/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
28.0%±3.1%
Affordability
7.7× wages
Residential permits
$56.8M
145 units · 12.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$949/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 91Strong wind 91Hurricane 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2492016
2632017
2902018
3022019
3212020
3572021
4162022
4692023
5302024
5302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 37% since 20211062021
1222022
1442023
1632024
1452025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
53.2 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
4.6 km
BCR
Nearest port
15.4 km
COASTAL PRECAST SYSTEMS CAPE CHARLES
Nearest commercial airport
57.2 km
NORFOLK INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.0k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Northampton?
Northampton's economy produced $682.1M in 2024, growing 1.8% year over year — slower than 72% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.