County profile
Wise County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
7,407
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
607
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,824
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$52.9k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±2.0%
Poverty rate
17.2%±2.5%
Business applications
280 · 2025
Retail establishments
135
38.5/10k 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 trade32%
Health care26%
Food & accommodation19%
Admin & support14%
Construction5%
Professional services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,824
residents · 2025 · -3.5% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+27
International migration+32
Natural change−1,289
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$118.6k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±2.2%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$6.5M
45 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 88Wildfire 84Cold wave 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1572017
1612018
1642019
1672020
1772021
1982022
2272023
2342024
2312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 650% since 202162021
62022
272023
162024
452025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.6 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
NS
Nearest port
148.2 km
Redbud South
Nearest commercial airport
58.6 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Wise County’s economy like?
Wise County is home to 34,824 residents and 7,407 jobs across 607 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.