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Albemarle County

Best known for its natural beauty, historic sites, and the University of Virginia, Albemarle County is also an ideal place to locate or expand a business. Albemarle County offers businesses a highly educated and skilled workforce, exceptional transportation infrastructure, and an incomparable quality of life.

Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home

Fast Facts

2.6% Unemployment Rate
189,559 Population within 30 minutes
$68,802 Average Annual Wages
61.9% Population with bachelor’s degree or higher

 

Albemarle County Advantages

North Fork, a UVA Discovery Park

  • The County is home to two UVA research parks, North Fork and Fontaine Research Park, that support vibrant biotechnology and life sciences communities and the intelligence and national security ecosystem.
  • Albemarle County benefits from excellent road, rail, and air transportation. Albemarle has multiple access points to I-64, offering businesses easy access to I-95 and I-81. US Routes 29 and 250 also run through Albemarle.
  • The Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO) located in the county, offers over 50 daily non-stop flights to and from Charlotte, New York, Washington, Atlanta, and Chicago. Amtrak offers daily service between Charlottesville and Washington, D.C.
  • Albemarle County has a significant intelligence and national security presence that contributes $1.2 billion of regional economic impact annually. The county has invested in Rivanna Futures, a 172-acre development area to create the Intelligence & National Innovation Acceleration Campus (INSAIC) where private sector, public sector, and academic users will collaborate. Between North Fork and Rivanna Futures are 371 acres of commercial/industrial land available.

Target Industries

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Albemarle County Fact Sheet

Contact Information:

Emily Kilroy, Director, Economic Development
Phone: (434) 972-4016
E-mail: economicdevelopment@albemarle.org
Website: Albemarle County Economic Development

Address:
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Call (434) 979-5610