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County profile

Roanoke County

United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
31,143
Employers
2,145
Avg. wage
$52.5k
Population
97,150
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$83.7k±$2.6k
Business applications
1,064 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
161 (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
410
2016
423
2017
435
2018
453
2019
471
2020
519
2021
593
2022
651
2023
694
2024
726
2025

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
The read

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.
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