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County profile

Petersburg city

United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
11,824
Employers
707
Avg. wage
$51.4k
Population
33,734
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$50.7k±$2.9k
Business applications
757 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
95 (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
297
2016
298
2017
320
2018
353
2019
370
2020
411
2021
488
2022
545
2023
582
2024
602
2025

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
The read

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.
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