County profile
Rappahannock County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#2563 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$389.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,123
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
197
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,439
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$83.4k±$18.4k
Bachelor's degree+
33.3%±5.6%
Poverty rate
10.3%±4.4%
Business applications
91 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
29.6/10k 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
Food & accommodation38%
Retail trade20%
Construction13%
Professional services11%
Manufacturing10%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,439
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $95.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+334
International migration+22
Natural change−232
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$293.7M2019
$294.2M2020
$327.8M2021
$341.2M2022
$382.6M2023
$389.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$506.4k±$94.3k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$403/mo
Vacancy rate
22.8%±5.0%
Affordability
10.7× wages
Residential permits
$28.3M
39 units · 5.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
6.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 59Hurricane 55Landslide 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2192016
2312017
2222018
2412019
2452020
2692021
3112022
3402023
3522024
3682025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 39% since 2021282021
402022
432023
342024
392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.0 km
I-66
Nearest freight rail
20.8 km
NS
Nearest port
78.3 km
POSSUM POINT VA VA ELEC&PWR CO
Nearest commercial airport
65.8 km
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rappahannock?
Rappahannock's economy produced $389.8M in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.