County profile
Roanoke County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
31,143
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,145
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
97,150
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$83.7k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
37.1%±1.7%
Poverty rate
7.3%±1.1%
Business applications
1,064 · 2025
Retail establishments
244
25.1/10k 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 care23%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing17%
Finance & insurance17%
Food & accommodation14%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
97,150
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,510
International migration+1,126
Natural change−2,444
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$286.0k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±0.9%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$51.5M
161 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 88Strong wind 81Lightning 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4102016
4232017
4352018
4532019
4712020
5192021
5932022
6512023
6942024
7262025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -16% since 20211922021
1142022
1392023
3602024
1612025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.4 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
NS
Nearest port
143.7 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
10.4 km
ROANOKE/BLACKSBURG RGNL (WOODRUM FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.5k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Roanoke County’s economy like?
Roanoke County is home to 97,150 residents and 31,143 jobs across 2,145 employers, led by health care. 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.