Captains Cove vs Chincoteague

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

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

Chincoteague has the higher population (3,300 vs 1,676 in Captains Cove). Captains Cove has the higher median household income ($97,880 vs $62,292 in Chincoteague). Chincoteague has the higher median home value ($329,200 vs $230,000 in Captains Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Captains Cove	Chincoteague
Population	1,676	3,300
Median age	61.4 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,880	$62,292
Median home value	$230,000	$329,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,102
Housing units	1,341	4,472
Homeownership rate	95.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Captains Cove	Chincoteague
Population	1,077 → 1,676 (+55.6%)	2,899 → 3,300 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$56,146 → $97,880 (+74.3%)	$52,848 → $62,292 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$172,300 → $230,000 (+33.5%)	$279,700 → $329,200 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,125 (+2.3%)	$940 → $1,102 (+17.2%)

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

Chincoteague

Population

2,8993,300

Median household income

$52,848$62,292

Median home value

$279,700$329,200

Median gross rent

$940$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Captains Cove	Chincoteague
Under 5	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	25.4%	24.0%
75 and over	13.8%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Captains Cove	Chincoteague
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Captains Cove	Chincoteague
No high school diploma	1.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Captains Cove	Chincoteague
Drove alone	72.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.5%
Worked from home	20.9%	9.9%
Other means	3.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Captains Cove	Chincoteague
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Captains Cove	Chincoteague
Poverty rate	0.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.22	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	2004	1983