County profile
Harrisonburg city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
26,378
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,695
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
50,839
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$62.3k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
37.5%±2.9%
Poverty rate
25.7%±2.0%
Business applications
601 · 2025
Retail establishments
323
63.6/10k 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 trade29%
Food & accommodation28%
Health care15%
Manufacturing15%
Education7%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
50,839
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,641
International migration+2,226
Natural change+1,506
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$299.1k±$12.3k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±1.5%
Affordability
6.2× wages
Residential permits
$47.1M
162 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 71Earthquake 65Strong wind 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3802016
3932017
4152018
4302019
4352020
4882021
5522022
5972023
6172024
6412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 350% since 2021362021
552022
802023
872024
1622025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.5 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
NS
Nearest port
139.4 km
POSSUM POINT VA VA ELEC&PWR CO
Nearest commercial airport
19.3 km
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Harrisonburg city’s economy like?
Harrisonburg city is home to 50,839 residents and 26,378 jobs across 1,695 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.