County profile
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
8,947
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
879
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
59,490
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$54.1k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.1%±1.3%
Poverty rate
14.6%±1.8%
Business applications
618 · 2025
Retail establishments
126
21.2/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care19%
Construction17%
Retail trade16%
Wholesale trade10%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
59,490
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,054
International migration+109
Natural change−2,033
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.4k±$4.8k
Median gross rent
$861/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
15.0%±1.5%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$18.0M
72 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 78Drought 73Landslide 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2332016
2352017
2352018
2412019
2522020
2732021
3192022
3552023
3902024
4072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1% since 2021712021
742022
692023
722024
722025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
69.2 km
I-581
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
NS
Nearest port
186.4 km
VULCAN MATERIALS, PUDDLEDOCK QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
58.8 km
LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Pittsylvania County’s economy like?
Pittsylvania County is home to 59,490 residents and 8,947 jobs across 879 employers, led by manufacturing. BEA does not publish state-level GDP for US territories, so no GDP figure is shown.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.