County profile
Poquoson city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
1,285
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
223
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,292
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$121.0k±$13.4k
Bachelor's degree+
36.3%±4.2%
Poverty rate
4.5%±1.6%
Business applications
144 · 2025
Retail establishments
21
16.3/10k 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
Food & accommodation27%
Retail trade21%
Construction16%
Health care14%
Other services12%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,292
residents · 2025 · +6.6% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+870
International migration+23
Natural change−56
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$400.3k±$23.2k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$129/mo
Vacancy rate
4.9%±2.2%
Affordability
9.2× wages
Residential permits
$35.5M
98 units · 7.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
2.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Coastal flooding 62Hurricane 60Earthquake 24
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5362016
5402017
5532018
5642019
5872020
6262021
7062022
7722023
7812024
8182025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 416% since 2021192021
282022
1202023
1332024
982025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.6 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
11.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
5.6 km
LANGLEY AIR FORCE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
11.8 km
NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.7k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Poquoson city’s economy like?
Poquoson city is home to 13,292 residents and 1,285 jobs across 223 employers, led by food & accommodation. 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.