County profile
Westmoreland County, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#2194 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$666.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,149
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
338
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,715
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$63.4k±$7.2k
Bachelor's degree+
22.5%±3.0%
Poverty rate
14.0%±3.0%
Business applications
271 · 2025
Retail establishments
53
27.4/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation14%
Other services11%
Construction10%
Health care8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,715
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $56.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,649
International migration+3
Natural change−441
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$487.9M2019
$508.9M2020
$529.3M2021
$560.2M2022
$655.3M2023
$666.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$269.6k±$20.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$157/mo
Vacancy rate
28.8%±3.4%
Affordability
6.2× wages
Residential permits
$44.5M
214 units · 10.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 87Drought 84Coastal flooding 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1992016
2052017
2122018
2192019
2332020
2622021
3062022
3382023
3652024
3552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 20212032021
2152022
2152023
2202024
2142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
61.5 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
31.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
21.8 km
SO STATES GRAIN DOCK KINSALE
Nearest commercial airport
81.4 km
RICHMOND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +35% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Westmoreland?
Westmoreland's economy produced $666.0M in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% 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.