Captains Cove vs Onancock

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

Captains Cove and Onancock 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 1,323 in Onancock). Captains Cove has the higher median household income ($97,880 vs $53,750 in Onancock). Onancock has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $230,000 in Captains Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Captains Cove	Onancock
Population	1,676	1,323
Median age	61.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,880	$53,750
Median home value	$230,000	$236,900
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	1,341	869
Homeownership rate	95.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Captains Cove	Onancock
Population	1,077 → 1,676 (+55.6%)	1,098 → 1,323 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$56,146 → $97,880 (+74.3%)	$50,347 → $53,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$172,300 → $230,000 (+33.5%)	$217,600 → $236,900 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,125 (+2.3%)	$852 → $775 (-9.0%)

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

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)

	Captains Cove	Onancock
Under 5	5.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	0.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	25.4%	18.4%
75 and over	13.8%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Captains Cove	Onancock
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	52.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Captains Cove	Onancock
No high school diploma	1.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Captains Cove	Onancock
Drove alone	72.8%	66.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	14.7%
Other means	3.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Captains Cove	Onancock
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Captains Cove	Onancock
Poverty rate	0.7%	25.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	2004	1955