County profile
Rockbridge County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
5,356
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
458
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
22,663
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$65.5k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
32.8%±3.2%
Poverty rate
7.5%±1.6%
Business applications
217 · 2025
Retail establishments
72
32.1/10k 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
Retail trade29%
Manufacturing27%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care10%
Construction10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
22,663
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+958
International migration+19
Natural change−968
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$248.8k±$18.2k
Median gross rent
$925/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
15.9%±2.6%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$27.2M
91 units · 4.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Lightning 76Avalanche 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1692017
1712018
1762019
1822020
1922021
2192022
2382023
2472024
2602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 54% since 2021592021
802022
592023
1052024
912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.6 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
164.6 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
58.6 km
LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.9k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Rockbridge County’s economy like?
Rockbridge County is home to 22,663 residents and 5,356 jobs across 458 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.