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Onancock, VA

1,433 Population
1 square miles 1,369.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±14.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Accomack County: 47.6 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,562 ±$6,247 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Accomack County: $34,132 ±$2,355
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,500 ±$9,659 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Accomack County: $58,993 ±$5,112
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±11.1% (306  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Accomack County: 13.9% † 4,564 (±1.9% / ±608)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±4.1 (7,675  ±3,759) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Accomack County: 20.8 273,070 (±1.3 / ±21,172)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

680 ±148 Number of households
  • Accomack County: 14,446 ±463
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (1,428  ±329) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Accomack County: 2.2 32,045 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

911 ±152 Number of housing units
  • Accomack County: 22,052 ±46
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$294,400 ±$71,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Accomack County: $204,300 ±$15,794
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.3% ±8% (233  ±126.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Accomack County: 10.3% † 3,391 (±1.8% / ±585.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90% ±24.1% (908  ±148.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Accomack County: 83.6% 20,278 (±3.8% / ±942.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.1% ±0.7% (405  ±86.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Accomack County: 21.7% 5,268 (±2% / ±492.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.2% ±1.9% (17  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Accomack County: 8.5% 2,823
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±3.3% (74  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Accomack County: 8.9% † 2,332 (±1.1% / ±298)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
74 Total veterans ±39 68 Male ±39 6 Female ±8

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