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County profile

Buena Vista city

United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
2,141
Employers
109
Avg. wage
$45.8k
Population
6,672
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$8.6k
Business applications
61 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing58%
Retail trade12%
Food & accommodation11%
Health care9%
Admin & support7%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,672
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+114
International migration−10
Natural change−44

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$156.2k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$127/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±5.3%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
13 (1.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
3.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 53Lightning 33Earthquake 22
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
173
2016
178
2017
174
2018
188
2019
195
2020
217
2021
263
2022
267
2023
312
2024
293
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.4 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
NS
Nearest port
172.2 km
LUCK STONE, RICHMOND QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
47.3 km
LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.8k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
The read

Buena Vista city is home to 6,672 residents and 2,141 jobs across 109 employers, led by manufacturing. 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.
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