Accomac vs Parksley

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

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

Accomac has the higher population (999 vs 782 in Parksley). Parksley has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $43,211 in Accomac). Accomac has the higher median home value ($240,000 vs $160,400 in Parksley).

Population, income & housing

	Accomac	Parksley
Population	999	782
Median age	26.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,211	$81,250
Median home value	$240,000	$160,400
Median gross rent	$951	$988
Housing units	303	403
Homeownership rate	59.3%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accomac	Parksley
Population	479 → 999 (+108.6%)	791 → 782 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $43,211 (-14.6%)	$52,841 → $81,250 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $240,000 (+50.3%)	$139,400 → $160,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $951 (+24.6%)	$885 → $988 (+11.6%)

Accomac

Population

479999

Median household income

$50,625$43,211

Median home value

$159,700$240,000

Median gross rent

$763$951

Parksley

Population

791782

Median household income

$52,841$81,250

Median home value

$139,400$160,400

Median gross rent

$885$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accomac	Parksley
Under 5	5.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	40.2%	19.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	4.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	3.8%	9.2%
75 and over	3.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accomac	Parksley
White (non-Hispanic)	21.6%	43.9%
Black or African American	27.1%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	47.6%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accomac	Parksley
No high school diploma	31.1%	19.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accomac	Parksley
Drove alone	96.5%	88.0%
Carpooled	1.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accomac	Parksley
1-unit, detached	84.5%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Accomac	Parksley
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.0%
Average household size	3.26	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1968	1938