Gloucester County, Virginia

• Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 10.4 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.
• Aging population: Median age of 45 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest sector: Retail Trade employs 1,863 workers (26.6% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $36,106.
• Economic scale: Regional GDP of $1.4B (2024).
• Wage stratification: Finance and Insurance averages $70,336 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $24,808, a 2.8x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Waste Management and Remediation Services concentrates at 4.22x the national norm, strong concentration that anchors the local economy and supports supply-chain attraction strategy.
• Cluster depth: 10 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base rather than reliance on a single employer or sector.
• Attraction whitespace: 4 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5, candidates for diversification or recruitment depending on labor-market fit.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 3.9x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 80.4% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 11.8% vacancy rate. In resort, rural, and seasonal markets much of this is recreational/seasonal (second homes), not available supply; confirm the vacancy-by-reason split before treating it as a redevelopment opportunity.
• Affordable rent tiers: 3 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom tiers sit below the 30%-of-median-income affordability threshold (~$2,108/mo).

• Succession risk is real: 27.6% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Talent pipeline: 6 regional institutions feed the workforce; the top three combined produce 45,868 annual credentials.

Gloucester County shows meaningful potential for waste management and remediation services attraction, with a 4.22x concentration and 142 jobs in this sub-sector. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 27.6% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.

The interconnected base across waste management and remediation services, building material and garden supply retailers, and repair and maintenance creates supply-chain attraction leverage rather than single-employer risk, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.