County profile
Surry County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#1522 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-12.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,467
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
87
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$90.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,603
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$78.0k±$15.3k
Bachelor's degree+
27.1%±3.9%
Poverty rate
10.5%±3.4%
Business applications
71 · 2025
Retail establishments
12
18.2/10k 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
Utilities58%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation7%
Health care7%
Construction6%
Retail trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,603
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $58.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+182
International migration−1
Natural change−127
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$238.8k±$20.4k
Median gross rent
$983/mo±$78/mo
Vacancy rate
18.0%±5.0%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$10.1M
35 units · 5.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Hurricane 70Coastal flooding 42
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1542017
1662018
1682019
1772020
1892021
2282022
2252023
2382024
2792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 13% since 2021312021
372022
282023
362024
352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
17.3 km
NS
Nearest port
13.0 km
SCOTLAND-JAMESTOWN FERRY SLIPS
Nearest commercial airport
36.1 km
NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$90.6k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Surry?
Surry's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, contracting 12.4% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is utilities.
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.