Buena Vista, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Buena Vista layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Buena Vista

Colleges in Buena Vista
College	Type	Students
Southern Virginia University	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Buena Vista city outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 4.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.8 points from a year ago

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Buena Vista city economy

3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.9% the month before
3,181
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

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Sources: Layoff notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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