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Cape Charles, VA

1,201 Population
3.6 square miles 338 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.5 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 52.5 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$79,299 ±$13,976 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Northampton County: $44,222 ±$3,487
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,750 ±$34,865 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Northampton County: $61,632 † ±$7,281
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.2% ±4.7% (158  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northampton County: 17.7% † 2,095 (±3% / ±354)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±0.5 (8,505  ±2,455) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Northampton County: 25.3 † 114,975 (±3 / ±16,303)
  • 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

684 ±113 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 5,437 ±237
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.1 (1,201  ±215) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 2.2 11,773 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±4.2% (3  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Northampton County: 4.4% † 83 (±3.2% / ±61)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,185 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 7,550 ±34
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$640,600 ±$80,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Northampton County: $316,200 † ±$40,917
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±4.8% (182  ±66.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 8.9% † 1,069 (±2.2% / ±263.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±20.1% (885  ±124.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Northampton County: 87.4% 8,009 (±5.3% / ±493.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
59.6% ±4.9% (570  ±105.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Northampton County: 32% 2,930 (±3.1% / ±289.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

4.8% ±1.8% (57  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Northampton County: 7.4% 889
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.4% ±3.8% (120  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 10.1% † 984 (±1.7% / ±169)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
120 Total veterans ±45 113 Male ±42 7 Female ±8

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