Accomac vs Onancock

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

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

Onancock has the higher population (1,323 vs 999 in Accomac). Onancock has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $43,211 in Accomac). Accomac has the higher median home value ($240,000 vs $236,900 in Onancock).

Population, income & housing

	Accomac	Onancock
Population	999	1,323
Median age	26.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,211	$53,750
Median home value	$240,000	$236,900
Median gross rent	$951	$775
Housing units	303	869
Homeownership rate	59.3%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accomac	Onancock
Population	479 → 999 (+108.6%)	1,098 → 1,323 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $43,211 (-14.6%)	$50,347 → $53,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $240,000 (+50.3%)	$217,600 → $236,900 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $951 (+24.6%)	$852 → $775 (-9.0%)

Accomac

Population

479999

Median household income

$50,625$43,211

Median home value

$159,700$240,000

Median gross rent

$763$951

Onancock

Population

1,0981,323

Median household income

$50,347$53,750

Median home value

$217,600$236,900

Median gross rent

$852$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accomac	Onancock
Under 5	5.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	40.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	4.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	3.8%	18.4%
75 and over	3.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accomac	Onancock
White (non-Hispanic)	21.6%	52.8%
Black or African American	27.1%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	47.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accomac	Onancock
No high school diploma	31.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accomac	Onancock
Drove alone	96.5%	66.3%
Carpooled	1.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accomac	Onancock
1-unit, detached	84.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Accomac	Onancock
Poverty rate	13.1%	25.7%
Average household size	3.26	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1968	1955