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Melfa, VA

447 Population
0.3 square miles 1,535.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±20.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Accomack County: 47.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,221 ±$5,297 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Accomack County: $33,213 ±$2,031
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$28,250 ±$7,431 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Accomack County: $57,500 † ±$7,110
  • about one-third of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

26.9% ±15.1% (120  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Accomack County: 14.9% † 4,883 (±2.1% / ±674)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

25.3 minutes ±8.1 (3,765  ±2,546) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Accomack County: 21.1 280,785 (±0.8 / ±17,533)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

202 ±97 Number of households
  • Accomack County: 14,302 ±503
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±1.5 (447  ±211) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Accomack County: 2.2 32,083 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

4.4% ±5.5% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Accomack County: 6.9% † 414 (±3% / ±182)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

232 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Accomack County: 21,897 ±39
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$159,700 ±$45,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Accomack County: $193,100 ±$10,814
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

7.6% ±8.1% (33  ±38.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Accomack County: 10.8% † 3,557 (±1.9% / ±640.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

90.9% ±51.9% (249  ±88) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Accomack County: 82.8% 20,181 (±4% / ±985.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
22.3% ±14.1% (61  ±47.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Accomack County: 21.8% 5,314 (±2.1% / ±521.9)
  • about half 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

6.3% ±7% (28  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Accomack County: 9% 2,984
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

5.3% ±3.1% (15  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Accomack County: 9.3% † 2,425 (±1.3% / ±351)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
15 Total veterans ±11 15 Male ±11 N/A Female ±13

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