County profile
Orange County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1452 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,277
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
724
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,083
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$94.0k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
29.6%±2.7%
Poverty rate
9.8%±2.5%
Business applications
498 · 2025
Retail establishments
120
30.6/10k 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 trade27%
Manufacturing23%
Food & accommodation21%
Construction10%
Other services9%
Health care9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,083
residents · 2025 · +10.1% since 2020
Income per capita $66.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,566
International migration+199
Natural change−67
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$364.2k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$96/mo
Vacancy rate
7.9%±2.0%
Affordability
7.5× wages
Residential permits
$87.8M
339 units · 8.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Hurricane 77Earthquake 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2842016
2892017
3042018
3192019
3312020
3732021
4232022
4532023
4782024
5002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 30% since 20212612021
2412022
4222023
4122024
3392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.5 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
8.0 km
NS
Nearest port
72.0 km
POSSUM POINT VA VA ELEC&PWR CO
Nearest commercial airport
40.0 km
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.4k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Orange?
Orange's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 5.3% 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.