Virginia · GEOID 51155

Pulaski County

2024 ACS 5-year estimates · population 33,687 · 17,056 housing units

Median household income

$62,028

State $99,933

Median home value

$191,700

State $421,251

Median gross rent

$813

State $1,592

Homeownership rate

73.4%

State 67.3%

Renter cost-burden rate

42.5%

≥30% of income

Owner cost-burden rate

18.7%

≥30% of income

Homeowner vacancy

2.3%

Of owner-occupied + for-sale units

Rental vacancy

2.5%

Of renter-occupied + for-rent units

Overall vacancy

15.2%

All housing units

Price-to-income ratio

3.09

Affordable: 2.0–3.0

Section 1

Community Profile

Population, demographics, household composition, and income.

Community Data Summary

	Pulaski County	Virginia
Population	33,687	8,705,170
Population density (per sq. mi.)	105.32	—
Median household income	$62,028	$99,933
HUD Area Median Income (4-person, 100%)	$87,600	—
Households	14,456	—
Average household size	2.26 people	—
Owner-occupied	73.4%	67.3%
Renter-occupied	26.6%	32.7%
Race	90.0% White · 4.7% Black	0.0% White · 0.0% Black

Source: ACS 5-year 2024 (Tables DP05, S1101, DP04, S1901) and Census Gazetteer (land area); HUD FY2026 Income Limits.

Racial composition

Pulaski County compared with Virginia.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table DP05.

Educational attainment (population 25+)

20.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher (state: 42.2%).

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table S1501.

Median Household Income by Tenure

Owner-occupied vs. renter-occupied household income, county and state.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25119.

Median Household Income by Age of Householder

Median household income by age group of householder.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B19049.

Median Household Income by Number of Earners

Median household income for families with each earner count.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table S1903.

Household Size

Distribution of households by number of people.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table S2501.

Income by Number of Earners

Earners	Share	Median income	Attainable monthly housing cost	Attainable home
0 earners	21.8%	$57,313	$1,433	$182,319
1 earner	32.3%	$65,611	$1,640	$213,207
2 earners	35.2%	$106,281	$2,657	$364,594
3+ earners	10.7%	$140,504	$3,513	$491,984

Attainable monthly housing cost = 30% of gross income ÷ 12. Attainable home price assumes 30% housing budget, 30-yr mortgage at 7%, 5% down.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table S1903; affordability formula derived.

Households

14,456

Average size: 2.26 people

Households with children

2,856

19.8% of households

Per-capita income

$37,242

Poverty rate: 14.3%

Section 2

Residential Market Analysis

Housing stock characteristics — tenure, type, age, size, vacancy, rents.

Tenure

73.4% owner-occupied vs. state average 67.3%.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table DP04.

Structure type

Single-family share 75.8% · Missing middle (2–19 units) 10.7%.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25024.

Housing stock by decade

59.7% built before 1980 · Median structure age 1,975.00 yrs.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table S2504.

Housing size mismatch

Compares the share of housing units by bedroom count against the share of households by size — a common diagnostic of housing supply/demand alignment.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Tables B25041 (bedrooms) and S2501 (household size).

Home value distribution

Owner-occupied homes by value bracket. Median: $191,700.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table DP04.

Monthly Housing Costs

Distribution of monthly housing costs across all occupied units.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25104.

Number of Bedrooms

Housing units by number of bedrooms.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25041.

Median rent by bedroom

Overall median gross rent: $813.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25031.

Renters by age

Number of renter householders by age bracket.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table S2502.

Owners by age

Number of owner householders by age bracket.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table S2502.

Vacancy composition

All 2,600 vacant units split into Census's seven categories. Frictional vacancy (units actively on the market) reflects healthy churn. Structural vacancy (seasonal, migrant, other) sits outside the market for year-round residents — high values change how the headline vacancy rate should be read.

Vacant units by type

For sale 9.7% · For rent 3.9% · Seasonal 28.2% · Other 50.2%.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25004.

Frictional vs structural

19.5% of vacancy is frictional (for sale + for rent + rented/sold not yet occupied); 80.5% is structural (seasonal + migrant + other).

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25004.

Seasonal / recreational share of all housing

4.3%

732 units of 17,056 total

Housing units held for seasonal or recreational use.

"Other vacant" share of all housing

7.7%

1,305 units of 17,056 total

⚑ Above the 5% threshold — possible indicator of disinvestment, abandonment, or condemned stock.

Section 3

Workforce Housing Needs Assessment

Affordability, cost burden, and the housing options for households in the workforce income range.

Workforce range — ACS median household income

80% MHI$49,622

100% MHI$62,028

120% MHI$74,434

County-wide median from ACS 5-year estimates. A household at 100% MHI in Pulaski County should be able to afford a home up to roughly — (30% housing budget, default mortgage terms).

Workforce range — HUD Area Median Income

	1-person	2-person	4-person
80% AMI	$49,100	$56,100	$70,100
100% AMI	$61,320	$70,080	$87,600
120% AMI	$73,600	$84,100	$105,100

HUD FMR Area: Pulaski County, VA HUD Metro FMR Area. 80% AMI uses HUD's published Section 8 Low Income Limits; 100% is HUD MFI; 120% is the standard workforce convention.

Affordability calculator

Follows the standard 30%-of-gross-income affordability rule.

Income basis Household income Interest rate % Down payment % Taxes & insurance / yr

Affordable monthly—

Affordable home price—

Renter cost burden

42.5% of renter households spend ≥30% of income on rent (26.3% spend ≥50%).

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25070.

Owner cost burden by income

18.7% of homeowners spend ≥30% of income on housing. Bars show counts of cost-burdened owners by income bracket.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25106.

Household income — owners vs renters

Distribution of household income for owner-occupied (navy) and renter-occupied (gold) households.

Source: ACS 5-year 2024, Table B25118.

Section 4

Industry & Workforce Wages

Employment, average wages, and the housing each industry's typical earner can afford in Pulaski County.

Covered employment

13,116

Across 16 sectors

Establishments

833

QCEW 2024

Avg annual pay (workforce)

$52,797

Employment-weighted across sectors

Top 10 sectors by employment

Annual average employment by NAICS 2-digit sector. Counties with fewer than five covered establishments in a sector may show suppressed totals.

Source: BLS QCEW Annual Averages, 2024.

Attainable housing by industry

Industry	Employment	Avg annual wage	Affordable home price	vs. median value	Affordable monthly rent
NAICS 31-33 Manufacturing NAICS 31-33	5,118	$72,194	$237,711	+$46,011	$1,805
NAICS 44-45 Retail trade NAICS 44-45	1,689	$31,745	$87,146	−$104,554	$794
NAICS 48-49 Transportation and warehousing NAICS 48-49	1,332	$52,159	$163,134	−$28,566	$1,304
NAICS 61 Educational services NAICS 61	1,111	$44,776	$135,652	−$56,048	$1,119
NAICS 72 Accommodation and food services NAICS 72	987	$23,341	$55,864	−$135,836	$584
NAICS 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services NAICS 56	814	$35,183	$99,944	−$91,756	$880
NAICS 92 Public administration NAICS 92	636	$54,060	$170,210	−$21,490	$1,352
NAICS 81 Other services (except public administration) NAICS 81	480	$43,860	$132,242	−$59,458	$1,097
NAICS 23 Construction NAICS 23	346	$55,798	$176,680	−$15,020	$1,395
NAICS 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation NAICS 71	217	$19,400	$41,194	−$150,506	$485
NAICS 52 Finance and insurance NAICS 52	142	$52,344	$163,823	−$27,877	$1,309
NAICS 62 Health care and social assistance NAICS 62	92	$53,683	$168,807	−$22,893	$1,342
NAICS 53 Real estate and rental and leasing NAICS 53	75	$37,257	$107,664	−$84,036	$931
NAICS 22 Utilities NAICS 22	55	$58,158	$185,464	−$6,236	$1,454
NAICS 51 Information NAICS 51	12	$39,476	$115,924	−$75,776	$987
NAICS 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services NAICS 54	10	$68,903	$225,461	+$33,761	$1,723

Subsector	Employment	Avg annual wage	Affordable home price	vs. median value	Affordable monthly rent
NAICS 611 Educational services NAICS 611	1,111	$44,776	$135,652	−$56,048	$1,119
NAICS 722 Food services and drinking places NAICS 722	903	$22,775	$53,757	−$137,943	$569
NAICS 561 Administrative and support services NAICS 561	741	$33,415	$93,362	−$98,338	$835
NAICS 455 General merchandise retailers NAICS 455	686	$30,426	$82,236	−$109,464	$761
NAICS 621 Ambulatory health care services NAICS 621	590	$58,188	$185,576	−$6,124	$1,455
NAICS 484 Truck transportation NAICS 484	509	$62,143	$200,298	+$8,598	$1,554
NAICS 922 Justice, public order, and safety activities NAICS 922	419	$59,992	$192,291	+$591	$1,500
NAICS 445 Food and beverage retailers NAICS 445	341	$24,971	$61,931	−$129,769	$624
NAICS 811 Repair and maintenance NAICS 811	294	$50,526	$157,055	−$34,645	$1,263
NAICS 623 Nursing and residential care facilities NAICS 623	288	$46,909	$143,592	−$48,108	$1,173
NAICS 493 Warehousing and storage NAICS 493	275	$46,189	$140,912	−$50,788	$1,155
NAICS 492 Couriers and messengers NAICS 492	230	$49,020	$151,450	−$40,250	$1,226
NAICS 441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers NAICS 441	174	$47,157	$144,515	−$47,185	$1,179
NAICS 238 Specialty trade contractors NAICS 238	170	$48,525	$149,607	−$42,093	$1,213
NAICS 444 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers NAICS 444	154	$29,919	$80,349	−$111,351	$748
NAICS 457 Gasoline stations and fuel dealers NAICS 457	152	$27,574	$71,620	−$120,080	$689
NAICS 921 Executive, legislative, and other general government support NAICS 921	138	$43,214	$129,838	−$61,862	$1,080
NAICS 237 Heavy and civil engineering construction NAICS 237	119	$72,386	$238,426	+$46,726	$1,810
NAICS 456 Health and personal care retailers NAICS 456	116	$43,833	$132,142	−$59,558	$1,096
NAICS 522 Credit intermediation and related activities NAICS 522	112	$50,018	$155,164	−$36,536	$1,250
NAICS 332 Fabricated metal product manufacturing NAICS 332	104	$68,520	$224,035	+$32,335	$1,713
NAICS 812 Personal and laundry services NAICS 812	98	$43,683	$131,583	−$60,117	$1,092
NAICS 424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods NAICS 424	95	$57,423	$182,728	−$8,972	$1,436
NAICS 423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods NAICS 423	90	$44,497	$134,613	−$57,087	$1,112
NAICS 721 Accommodation NAICS 721	85	$29,077	$77,215	−$114,485	$727
NAICS 813 Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations NAICS 813	76	$20,786	$46,353	−$145,347	$520
NAICS 562 Waste management and remediation services NAICS 562	73	$53,129	$166,745	−$24,955	$1,328
NAICS 236 Construction of buildings NAICS 236	58	$42,123	$125,777	−$65,923	$1,053
NAICS 221 Utilities NAICS 221	55	$58,158	$185,464	−$6,236	$1,454
NAICS 531 Real estate NAICS 531	54	$30,883	$83,938	−$107,762	$772
NAICS 624 Social assistance NAICS 624	52	$52,710	$165,185	−$26,515	$1,318
NAICS 926 Administration of economic programs NAICS 926	51	$35,486	$101,071	−$90,629	$887
NAICS 491 Postal service NAICS 491	47	$58,995	$188,580	−$3,120	$1,475
NAICS 713 Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries NAICS 713	42	$22,329	$52,097	−$139,603	$558
NAICS 459 Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers NAICS 459	42	$33,455	$93,511	−$98,189	$836
NAICS 712 Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions NAICS 712	36	$23,999	$58,313	−$133,387	$600
NAICS 339 Miscellaneous manufacturing NAICS 339	32	$83,731	$280,656	+$88,956	$2,093
NAICS 112 Animal production and aquaculture NAICS 112	28	$42,908	$128,699	−$63,001	$1,073
NAICS 333 Machinery manufacturing NAICS 333	24	$72,264	$237,972	+$46,272	$1,807
NAICS 524 Insurance carriers and related activities NAICS 524	24	$56,891	$180,748	−$10,952	$1,422
NAICS 532 Rental and leasing services NAICS 532	21	$53,646	$168,669	−$23,031	$1,341
NAICS 928 National security and international affairs NAICS 928	13	$55,835	$176,817	−$14,883	$1,396
NAICS 923 Administration of human resource programs NAICS 923	13	$50,849	$158,258	−$33,442	$1,271
NAICS 519 Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services NAICS 519	12	$39,476	$115,924	−$75,776	$987
NAICS 814 Private households NAICS 814	12	$28,134	$73,705	−$117,995	$703
NAICS 541 Professional, scientific, and technical services NAICS 541	10	$68,903	$225,461	+$33,761	$1,723
NAICS 523 Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities NAICS 523	6	$77,571	$257,726	+$66,026	$1,939
NAICS 488 Support activities for transportation NAICS 488	5	$40,257	$118,831	−$72,869	$1,006
NAICS 924 Administration of environmental quality programs NAICS 924	3	$28,483	$75,004	−$116,696	$712

Affordable home price assumes the industry's average earner uses 30% of gross income for housing, with a 30-year mortgage at 7%, 5% down, $2,500/yr taxes & insurance, and 0.5% PMI. Adjust the Section 3 calculator for other terms. Affordable rent is 30% of monthly gross pay.

Source: BLS QCEW Annual Averages, 2024; ACS 5-year 2024 (median home value).

Section 5

Wages by Occupation

Selected essential-worker occupations for the MSA or nonmetropolitan area containing this county — jobs, the 10-year change, wages, and the housing each typical earner can afford. Both jobs counts and wages are reported at the MSA / nonmetropolitan-area level (BLS does not publish OEWS at the county level), so every county inside the same area shows the same numbers. For county-accurate employment totals, see Section 4 above.

Occupational wages and affordable housing

Occupation	2025 jobs	2015–2025 change	% change	Hourly wage	Annual wage	Affordable home price	Affordable monthly rent
Cashiers SOC 41-2011	1,790	(370)	(17%)	$14.38	$29,900	$80,278	$748
Fast Food and Counter Workers SOC 35-3023 · prior-year code differs	2,230	(950)	(30%)	$14.38	$29,920	$80,353	$748
Childcare Workers SOC 39-9011	250	—	—	$14.85	$30,880	$83,926	$772
Retail Salespersons SOC 41-2031	1,690	(360)	(18%)	$16.53	$34,390	$96,992	$860
Janitors and Cleaners SOC 37-2011	1,480	630	74%	$16.66	$34,650	$97,960	$866
Tellers SOC 43-3071	170	(140)	(45%)	$18.33	$38,130	$110,913	$953
Firefighters SOC 33-2011	60	(10)	(14%)	$18.59	$38,660	$112,886	$967
Home Health and Personal Care Aides SOC 31-1131 · prior-year code differs	760	150	25%	$19.16	$39,840	$117,278	$996
Waiters and Waitresses SOC 35-3031	1,080	(20)	(2%)	$20.58	$42,810	$128,334	$1,070
Office Clerks, General SOC 43-9061	1,480	(540)	(27%)	$21.18	$44,060	$132,987	$1,102
Paramedics SOC 29-2043	120	—	—	$23.42	$48,710	$150,296	$1,218
Carpenters SOC 47-2031	340	60	21%	$23.76	$49,410	$152,901	$1,235
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General SOC 49-9071	930	(10)	(1%)	$24.77	$51,530	$160,793	$1,288
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers SOC 53-3032	920	340	59%	$27.46	$57,110	$181,563	$1,428
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers SOC 33-3051	470	80	21%	$28.60	$59,500	$190,460	$1,488
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education SOC 25-2021	630	60	11%	—	$62,450	$201,441	$1,561
Electricians SOC 47-2111	270	50	23%	$30.03	$62,460	$201,478	$1,562
Registered Nurses SOC 29-1141	1,330	310	30%	$40.43	$84,090	$281,992	$2,102

Affordable home price uses the same Section 3 formula (30% housing budget, 30-year mortgage at 7%, 5% down, $2,500/yr T&I, 0.5% PMI). Affordable rent is 30% of monthly wages. Negative job-change values are shown in red parentheses. A "prior-year code differs" note flags occupations whose SOC code changed between the two vintages (2010 SOC → 2018 SOC) — the change estimate is best-effort.

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (10-year change vs. May 2015). Jobs counts and wages reflect the MSA or nonmetropolitan area containing this county, not the county alone — OEWS is not published at the county level.

Methodology & sources

All figures derive from the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. State and national comparisons are population-weighted aggregates of county-level estimates (an approximation; ACS publishes its own state and national medians which can differ slightly).

The affordability calculator uses a 30% housing-budget rule with a 30-year mortgage. Defaults are 7% interest, 5% down, $2,500/year taxes and insurance, and 0.5% PMI — adjustable above.

Variables: 51155 · pulled from Full Housing Data Table.xlsx.