# Cities in Virginia by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 39 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Petersburg, VA | 10.1 |
| 2 | Hopewell, VA | 9.2 |
| 3 | Radford, VA | 8.1 |
| 4 | Harrisonburg, VA | 6.9 |
| 5 | Williamsburg, VA | 6.8 |
| 6 | Portsmouth, VA | 6.6 |
| 7 | Winchester, VA | 6.4 |
| 8 | Hampton, VA | 6.3 |
| 9 | Bristol, VA | 6.3 |
| 10 | Newport News, VA | 5.8 |
| 11 | Richmond, VA | 5.7 |
| 12 | Norfolk, VA | 5.7 |
| 13 | Roanoke, VA | 5.6 |
| 14 | Danville, VA | 5.6 |
| 15 | Manassas Park, VA | 5.5 |
| 16 | Lynchburg, VA | 5.3 |
| 17 | Staunton, VA | 5.3 |
| 18 | Waynesboro, VA | 5.1 |
| 19 | Fredericksburg, VA | 5.1 |
| 20 | Front Royal, VA | 5 |
| 21 | Falls Church, VA | 5 |
| 22 | Suffolk, VA | 5 |
| 23 | Chesapeake, VA | 4.9 |
| 24 | Vienna, VA | 4.4 |
| 25 | Herndon, VA | 4.1 |
| 26 | Virginia Beach, VA | 4 |
| 27 | Manassas, VA | 3.8 |
| 28 | Charlottesville, VA | 3.7 |
| 29 | Salem, VA | 3.6 |
| 30 | Colonial Heights, VA | 3.6 |
| 31 | Alexandria, VA | 3.3 |
| 32 | Fairfax, VA | 3.3 |
| 33 | Poquoson, VA | 3.2 |
| 34 | Blacksburg, VA | 3.1 |
| 35 | Martinsville, VA | 2.9 |
| 36 | Leesburg, VA | 2.8 |
| 37 | Christiansburg, VA | 2.4 |
| 38 | Culpeper, VA | 2.3 |
| 39 | Warrenton, VA | 2 |