County profile
Suffolk (Independent City) city, VA
United States · GDP 2024
#664 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
27,824
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,798
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
104,699
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$92.7k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
33.3%±1.5%
Poverty rate
9.4%±1.2%
Business applications
1,812 · 2025
Retail establishments
233
22.6/10k 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 care24%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation18%
Transportation17%
Manufacturing10%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
104,699
residents · 2025 · +10.4% since 2020
Income per capita $67.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,149
International migration+695
Natural change+956
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.0B2019
$4.4B2020
$4.7B2021
$5.0B2022
$5.3B2023
$5.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$347.4k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
6.4%±0.9%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$137.4M
589 units · 5.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Winter weather 91Hurricane 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5122016
5382017
5422018
5652019
5902020
6512021
7532022
8062023
8722024
9072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -57% since 20211,3632021
6692022
7272023
6802024
5892025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.6 km
I-664
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
NS
Nearest port
30.6 km
ATLANTIC ENERGY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
45.0 km
NORFOLK INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Suffolk (Independent City)?
Suffolk (Independent City)'s economy produced $5.7B in 2024, growing 7.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.