County profile
Washington County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
18,465
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,207
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
53,898
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$64.6k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
26.7%±1.8%
Poverty rate
11.1%±1.5%
Business applications
575 · 2025
Retail establishments
227
41.9/10k 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
Retail trade27%
Manufacturing24%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation8%
Education7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
53,898
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,875
International migration+95
Natural change−2,013
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$214.0k±$9.9k
Median gross rent
$854/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
13.5%±1.5%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$50.2M
191 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 94Strong wind 75Earthquake 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2162016
2172017
2232018
2322019
2362020
2612021
3142022
3412023
3782024
3842025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 89% since 20211012021
942022
1002023
1062024
1912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.1 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
NS
Nearest port
168.0 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
48.6 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Washington County’s economy like?
Washington County is home to 53,898 residents and 18,465 jobs across 1,207 employers, led by retail trade. 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.