County profile
Petersburg city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
11,824
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
707
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,734
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$50.7k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
25.4%±3.1%
Poverty rate
21.7%±2.9%
Business applications
757 · 2025
Retail establishments
136
40.0/10k 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
Health care37%
Retail trade27%
Manufacturing12%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation7%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,734
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−273
International migration+215
Natural change+406
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.0k±$18.1k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
16.2%±2.2%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$14.1M
95 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
17.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 69Earthquake 66Heat wave 50
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2972016
2982017
3202018
3532019
3702020
4112021
4882022
5452023
5822024
6022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 20211162021
1182022
242023
1352024
952025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
NS
Nearest port
7.3 km
VULCAN MATERIALS, PUDDLEDOCK QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
34.2 km
RICHMOND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Petersburg city’s economy like?
Petersburg city is home to 33,734 residents and 11,824 jobs across 707 employers, led by health care. 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.