County profile
Waynesboro city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
8,886
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
620
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,951
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$60.0k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
25.7%±3.3%
Poverty rate
11.2%±2.6%
Business applications
264 · 2025
Retail establishments
119
50.5/10k 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
Retail trade34%
Food & accommodation22%
Manufacturing19%
Health care9%
Other services8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,951
residents · 2025 · +7.5% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,406
International migration+75
Natural change+182
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$245.5k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
6.4%±3.0%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
$73.3M
353 units · 14.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 61Earthquake 48Lightning 30
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3292016
3392017
3582018
3782019
3882020
4352021
4962022
5712023
5872024
6152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 246% since 20211022021
1172022
1702023
3902024
3532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
BB
Nearest port
144.6 km
IMTT, RICHMOND TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
22.0 km
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Waynesboro city’s economy like?
Waynesboro city is home to 23,951 residents and 8,886 jobs across 620 employers, led by retail trade. 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.