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Cape Charles, VA

1,278 Population
3.6 square miles 359.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 51.6 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$62,314 ±$11,968 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Northampton County: $38,934 ±$2,501
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$51,250 ±$16,477 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $55,933 † ±$6,500
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

15% ±4.6% (192  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 17.1% † 2,021 (±3.1% / ±364)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

16.8 minutes ±8 (7,690  ±2,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Northampton County: 24.4 107,810 (±2.2 / ±12,354)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

679 ±117 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 5,338 ±214
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
1.9 ±0.1 (1,278  ±238) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 2.2 11,826 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

2.6% ±4.2% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Northampton County: 2.5% † 53 (±1.6% / ±34)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

1,162 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 7,456 ±23
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$589,000 ±$66,315 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Northampton County: $279,100 † ±$29,172
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

14.7% ±6% (187  ±83.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 9% † 1,089 (±2.1% / ±247.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

92% ±18.5% (884  ±118.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Northampton County: 86.8% 7,901 (±5.6% / ±516.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
57.9% ±4.6% (556  ±94.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 32.6% † 2,962 (±3.6% / ±327.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.6% ±1.8% (46  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Northampton County: 6.6% 802
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

7.5% ±2.1% (84  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northampton County: 9.6% † 941 (±1.7% / ±169)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
84 Total veterans ±28 75 Male ±27 9 Female ±8

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