County profile
Staunton city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
10,209
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
760
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,801
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$65.6k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
37.7%±3.0%
Poverty rate
12.4%±2.2%
Business applications
288 · 2025
Retail establishments
132
50.3/10k 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
Health care31%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation18%
Education12%
Other services9%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,801
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+931
International migration+338
Natural change−294
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$259.2k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±2.2%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
$30.0M
147 units · 5.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 62Landslide 52Earthquake 41
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4202016
4342017
4552018
4802019
5062020
5542021
6532022
7422023
7582024
8192025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 133% since 2021632021
702022
2452023
712024
1472025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.9 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
SV
Nearest port
160.9 km
POSSUM POINT VA VA ELEC&PWR CO
Nearest commercial airport
18.3 km
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Staunton city’s economy like?
Staunton city is home to 26,801 residents and 10,209 jobs across 760 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.