Buena Vista city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Buena Vista city’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Buena Vista city economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
3,074
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
6,612
people in Buena Vista city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,458
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Buena Vista city layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Buena Vista city in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Buena Vista city

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Evergreen Talent Partners1 open role
Mdlz1 open role
Mondelez International1 open role

Colleges in Buena Vista city

Colleges in Buena Vista city
College	City	Type	Students
Southern Virginia University	Buena Vista	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Cities in Buena Vista city

Buena Vista3 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.