County profile
Williamsburg city, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
8,937
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
553
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,861
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.5%
Median HH income
$75.6k±$10.9k
Bachelor's degree+
45.8%±5.6%
Poverty rate
18.8%±3.9%
Business applications
218 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
66.5/10k 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
Food & accommodation48%
Retail trade19%
Arts & recreation15%
Health care6%
Other services6%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,861
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+280
International migration+328
Natural change−247
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$428.1k±$30.8k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$95/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±3.9%
Affordability
8.0× wages
Residential permits
$6.4M
22 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
2.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 67Earthquake 41Coastal flooding 37
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2792016
2762017
2872018
2882019
3032020
3242021
3602022
4102023
4802024
4392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -33% since 2021332021
462022
152023
102024
222025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.1 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
9.8 km
JAMESTOWN-SCOTLAND FERRY SLIPS
Nearest commercial airport
23.8 km
NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Williamsburg city’s economy like?
Williamsburg city is home to 15,861 residents and 8,937 jobs across 553 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.