County profile
Rockingham County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
29,517
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,648
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
89,316
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$80.7k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
29.0%±1.5%
Poverty rate
9.8%±1.1%
Business applications
842 · 2025
Retail establishments
208
23.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1F & M Bank Corp.Financial Services———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
Manufacturing34%
Transportation17%
Health care16%
Construction12%
Food & accommodation11%
Retail trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
89,316
residents · 2025 · +6.6% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,092
International migration+1,727
Natural change−301
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$313.0k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±1.1%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$141.8M
685 units · 7.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 87Hurricane 83Drought 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2792016
2922017
2972018
3072019
3162020
3432021
3962022
4232023
4492024
4712025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 11% since 20216192021
6552022
5152023
6832024
6852025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.4 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
NS
Nearest port
138.9 km
POSSUM POINT VA VA ELEC&PWR CO
Nearest commercial airport
27.6 km
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Rockingham County’s economy like?
Rockingham County is home to 89,316 residents and 29,517 jobs across 1,648 employers, led by manufacturing. 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.