Job & Income Trends

A new generation of Virginia farmers faced with rising operational costs are rethinking their goals and changing their business models.

Trump’s vow to eliminate, overhaul or relocate big chunks of the federal bureaucracy could have a significant economic impact in D.C., Virginia and Maryland.

Weldon Cooper's Hamilton Lombard offers insight on Richmond's housing problem.

Remote work behind small-town boom, says Virginia demographer Hamilton Lombard from the Weldon Cooper Center.

Nearly 20% of Americans 65 and older are still in the workforce, and nearly all of Virginia’s population growth since 2010 has come from its 60 and older population, largely due to birth and death rates and people living longer.

The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed a monumental shift to remote and hybrid work, decoupling jobs from traditional office locations and transforming local economies across Virginia.

New Census Bureau statistics show how much remote work has changed the workplace, and which places have the most number of remote workers.

The study, conducted by UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, pegged UVA’s total economic contribution at $7.2 billion in gross domestic product.