County profile
Bristol city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
8,370
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
533
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,418
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$50.4k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
24.8%±3.4%
Poverty rate
18.0%±3.4%
Business applications
167 · 2025
Retail establishments
128
77.8/10k 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
Food & accommodation36%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing18%
Health care12%
Transportation9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,418
residents · 2025 · -5.2% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−97
International migration+85
Natural change−891
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$184.1k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$801/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±3.4%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$3.5M
21 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 60Landslide 45Strong wind 41
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3072016
3212017
3322018
3412019
3612020
3912021
5082022
5602023
5902024
5952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
292022
72023
52024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.3 km
I-381
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
NS
Nearest port
166.7 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Knoxville Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
26.1 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Bristol city’s economy like?
Bristol city is home to 16,418 residents and 8,370 jobs across 533 employers, led by food & accommodation. 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.