Accomac vs Captains Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Accomac and Captains Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

Accomac and Captains Cove are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Captains Cove has the higher population (1,676 vs 999 in Accomac). Captains Cove has the higher median household income ($97,880 vs $43,211 in Accomac). Accomac has the higher median home value ($240,000 vs $230,000 in Captains Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Accomac	Captains Cove
Population	999	1,676
Median age	26.0 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,211	$97,880
Median home value	$240,000	$230,000
Median gross rent	$951	—
Housing units	303	1,341
Homeownership rate	59.3%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accomac	Captains Cove
Population	479 → 999 (+108.6%)	1,077 → 1,676 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $43,211 (-14.6%)	$56,146 → $97,880 (+74.3%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $240,000 (+50.3%)	$172,300 → $230,000 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $951 (+24.6%)	$1,100 → $1,125 (+2.3%)

Accomac

Population

479999

Median household income

$50,625$43,211

Median home value

$159,700$240,000

Median gross rent

$763$951

Captains Cove

Population

1,0771,676

Median household income

$56,146$97,880

Median home value

$172,300$230,000

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accomac	Captains Cove
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	40.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	0.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	4.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	3.8%	25.4%
75 and over	3.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accomac	Captains Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	21.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	27.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	47.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accomac	Captains Cove
No high school diploma	31.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	42.8%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accomac	Captains Cove
Drove alone	96.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	1.3%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	20.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accomac	Captains Cove
1-unit, detached	84.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Accomac	Captains Cove
Poverty rate	13.1%	0.7%
Average household size	3.26	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1968	2004