County profile
Radford city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
3,907
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
289
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,243
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$57.3k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
37.9%±4.5%
Poverty rate
28.7%±4.3%
Business applications
147 · 2025
Retail establishments
38
22.0/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care18%
Retail trade13%
Other services5%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,243
residents · 2025 · +7.0% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+999
International migration+91
Natural change+32
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$220.7k±$21.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$106/mo
Vacancy rate
14.2%±3.7%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$2.7M
13 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
2.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 45Landslide 34Hurricane 28
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2342016
2492017
2532018
2622019
2812020
3042021
3482022
3812023
4042024
4172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 44% since 202192021
302022
352023
282024
132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.7 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
NS
Nearest port
129.1 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.0 km
ROANOKE/BLACKSBURG RGNL (WOODRUM FLD)
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Radford city’s economy like?
Radford city is home to 17,243 residents and 3,907 jobs across 289 employers, led by manufacturing. 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.