County profile
Smyth County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1597 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,169
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
499
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,882
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$49.9k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
16.8%±1.7%
Poverty rate
16.8%±2.1%
Business applications
263 · 2025
Retail establishments
108
37.1/10k 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
Manufacturing41%
Health care21%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction7%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,882
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $50.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+492
International migration+60
Natural change−1,453
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$139.6k±$10.0k
Median gross rent
$731/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
16.1%±2.0%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$3.6M
12 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 91Landslide 87Earthquake 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1702016
1762017
1752018
1822019
1892020
2012021
2422022
2542023
2752024
2932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 2021172021
142022
242023
402024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.5 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
NS
Nearest port
145.4 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
87.8 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.9k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Smyth?
Smyth's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 64% of 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.