Places/VA/Scott County, VA
County profile

Scott County, VA

United States · GDP 2024
#2264 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$610.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,193
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
260
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,200
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$46.3k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
15.6%±2.3%
Poverty rate
20.2%±2.7%
Business applications
152 · 2025
Retail establishments
71
33.2/10k pop

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
Manufacturing41%
Health care20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support6%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
21,200
residents · 2025 · -1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $45.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+719
International migration+5
Natural change1,122

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$444.8M
2019
$445.3M
2020
$463.2M
2021
$514.2M
2022
$570.9M
2023
$610.2M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.0k±$18.4k
Median gross rent
$699/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
22.5%±2.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$8.2M
32 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Avalanche 65Earthquake 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
102
2016
110
2017
104
2018
123
2019
115
2020
147
2021
161
2022
183
2023
215
2024
200
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
0% since 2021
32
2021
25
2022
25
2023
22
2024
32
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.6 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
139.4 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Knoxville Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
31.7 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$42.7k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Scott?

Scott's economy produced $610.2M in 2024, growing 6.9% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.