County profile
Southampton County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
1,893
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
209
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,110
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$70.8k±$5.8k
Bachelor's degree+
20.1%±2.6%
Poverty rate
8.7%±2.0%
Business applications
272 · 2025
Retail establishments
36
20.0/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Retail trade24%
Wholesale trade14%
Other services13%
Health care8%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,110
residents · 2025 · +0.9% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+677
International migration+39
Natural change−546
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.2k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$930/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
12.1%±2.8%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$14.3M
49 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 88Hurricane 84Winter weather 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1892016
1862017
1972018
2012019
2102020
2242021
2532022
2792023
2972024
3452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -32% since 2021722021
642022
592023
572024
492025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.6 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
NS
Nearest port
34.3 km
PARKERS FERRY LANDING - SECONDARY ROAD 1306
Nearest commercial airport
71.3 km
NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Southampton County’s economy like?
Southampton County is home to 18,110 residents and 1,893 jobs across 209 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.