County profile
Buena Vista city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
2,141
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
109
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,672
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$8.6k
Bachelor's degree+
23.3%±5.3%
Poverty rate
18.8%±6.5%
Business applications
61 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
28.7/10k 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
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
$2.1M
13 units · 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
1732016
1782017
1742018
1882019
1952020
2172021
2632022
2672023
3122024
2932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 63% since 202182021
32022
202023
182024
132025
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
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Buena Vista city’s economy like?
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.