County profile
Prince Edward County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1849 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$995.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,986
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
496
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,391
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$56.3k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
27.3%±3.6%
Poverty rate
20.9%±3.2%
Business applications
232 · 2025
Retail establishments
87
39.0/10k 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
Health care32%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation19%
Education12%
Admin & support8%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,391
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $43.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+580
International migration+166
Natural change−243
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$773.0M2019
$765.4M2020
$832.3M2021
$905.4M2022
$956.4M2023
$995.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.6k±$12.4k
Median gross rent
$931/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
17.0%±3.5%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$6.0M
27 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Hurricane 76Earthquake 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1732016
1822017
1812018
1852019
1992020
2112021
2402022
2532023
2742024
2812025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -73% since 20211012021
872022
812023
652024
272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
60.5 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
9.0 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
93.4 km
EXXON RICHMOND FUELS TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
68.3 km
LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Prince Edward?
Prince Edward's economy produced $995.5M in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.