County profile
Prince William County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
120,091
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
9,286
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$61.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
502,966
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$131.4k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
44.9%±0.9%
Poverty rate
6.2%±0.5%
Business applications
8,555 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,179
23.7/10k 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 trade26%
Construction19%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care16%
Professional services15%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
502,966
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−19,116
International migration+20,566
Natural change+18,237
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$530.1k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$2.1k/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
3.1%±0.4%
Affordability
8.6× wages
Residential permits
$254.6M
1,340 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 93Lightning 92Winter weather 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5982016
6272017
6502018
6702019
6962020
7792021
8672022
9182023
9972024
10272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -39% since 20212,1892021
1,6542022
1,4922023
1,4182024
1,3402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.2 km
I-66
Nearest freight rail
4.6 km
NS
Nearest port
21.2 km
VULCAN MATERIALS WOODBRIDGE VA
Nearest commercial airport
27.1 km
WASHINGTON DULLES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$61.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Prince William County’s economy like?
Prince William County is home to 502,966 residents and 120,091 jobs across 9,286 employers, led by retail trade. 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.