County profile
Pulaski County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1332 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,327
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
641
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,586
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$62.0k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
14.4%±2.2%
Business applications
258 · 2025
Retail establishments
103
30.7/10k 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
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade15%
Health care13%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation7%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,586
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,047
International migration+61
Natural change−1,323
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$191.7k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$813/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
15.2%±2.0%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$21.5M
55 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$921/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 88Drought 68Earthquake 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1972016
1982017
2092018
2142019
2222020
2482021
2802022
3032023
3252024
3482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 4% since 2021532021
642022
452023
382024
552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
NS
Nearest port
129.3 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.8 km
ROANOKE/BLACKSBURG RGNL (WOODRUM FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pulaski?
Pulaski's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.