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Tappahannock, VA

1,865 Population
2.7 square miles 698.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±8.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 47.1 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,736 ±$6,122 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $32,839 ±$2,370
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$44,896 ±$8,390 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $56,481 † ±$7,411
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

32% ±14.1% (571  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 15.5% † 1,628 (±4.8% / ±499)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

27.1 minutes ±7.7 (18,845  ±7,665) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Essex County: 35.5 128,405 (±3.1 / ±17,842)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

973 ±206 Number of households
  • Essex County: 4,396 ±207
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
1.8 ±0.2 (1,757  ±398) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Essex County: 2.4 10,484 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

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

Housing

1,119 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 5,785 ±17
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$204,200 ±$51,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $228,600 ±$18,184
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

18.6% ±6.9% (346  ±148.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 10.8% † 1,141 (±3% / ±313.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

89.6% ±22.5% (1,269  ±216.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 85.7% 6,627 (±6.4% / ±511.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
20.5% ±5.8% (290  ±97.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 17.5% † 1,354 (±3% / ±229.7)
  • 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

2.4% ±2.2% (44  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 3.1% 328
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

11% ±5.7% (166  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 7.2% † 627 (±1.7% / ±149)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
166 Total veterans ±91 166 Male ±91 N/A Female ±13

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