County profile
Norton city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
3,952
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
191
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,477
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$41.5k±$9.6k
Bachelor's degree+
13.7%±5.2%
Poverty rate
26.3%±9.9%
Business applications
57 · 2025
Retail establishments
34
96.7/10k 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
Retail trade23%
Health care23%
Manufacturing19%
Mining & energy19%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,477
residents · 2025 · -5.5% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−37
International migration+0
Natural change−167
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$110.0k±$29.9k
Median gross rent
$692/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±5.6% · low reliability
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$208.0k
1 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
1.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 50Earthquake 32Hurricane 28
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
22022
22023
12024
12025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.0 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
NS
Nearest port
152.9 km
Redbud South
Nearest commercial airport
54.4 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Norton city’s economy like?
Norton city is home to 3,477 residents and 3,952 jobs across 191 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.