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County profile

Lynchburg city

United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
57,019
Employers
2,251
Avg. wage
$56.1k
Population
81,347
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$57.9k±$3.4k
Business applications
1,043 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1BWX Technologies, Inc.Industrials$3.2B74B2Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc.Financial Services$4.3M46D

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
Education27%
Health care24%
Manufacturing16%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation13%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
81,347
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+118
International migration+931
Natural change+1,313

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$229.8k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
16.1%±1.7%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
213 (2.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
49.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 78Hurricane 74Lightning 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
466
2016
478
2017
500
2018
520
2019
546
2020
604
2021
718
2022
770
2023
829
2024
849
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.9 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
NS
Nearest port
156.4 km
FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, RICHMOND TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
8.2 km
LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

6 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KBank of the James Financial Group, Inc.05-20
10-QBank of the James Financial Group, Inc.05-12
8-KBWX Technologies, Inc.05-05
10-QBWX Technologies, Inc.05-04
8-KBWX Technologies, Inc.05-04
8-KBank of the James Financial Group, Inc.04-30
DEF 14ABank of the James Financial Group, Inc.04-06
10-KBank of the James Financial Group, Inc.03-27
DEF 14ABWX Technologies, Inc.03-18
10-KBWX Technologies, Inc.02-23
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$56.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

Lynchburg city is home to 81,347 residents and 57,019 jobs across 2,251 employers, led by education. 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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