Captains Cove vs Wattsville

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

Captains Cove and Wattsville 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 1,425 in Wattsville). Captains Cove has the higher median household income ($97,880 vs $66,677 in Wattsville). Captains Cove has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $170,500 in Wattsville).

Population, income & housing

	Captains Cove	Wattsville
Population	1,676	1,425
Median age	61.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,880	$66,677
Median home value	$230,000	$170,500
Housing units	1,341	703
Homeownership rate	95.6%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Captains Cove	Wattsville
Population	1,077 → 1,676 (+55.6%)	998 → 1,425 (+42.8%)
Median household income	$56,146 → $97,880 (+74.3%)	$28,418 → $66,677 (+134.6%)
Median home value	$172,300 → $230,000 (+33.5%)	$159,500 → $170,500 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,125 (+2.3%)	$1,059 → $1,606 (+51.7%)

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

Wattsville

Population

9981,425

Median household income

$28,418$66,677

Median home value

$159,500$170,500

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Captains Cove	Wattsville
Under 5	5.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	0.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	25.4%	8.1%
75 and over	13.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Captains Cove	Wattsville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	52.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Captains Cove	Wattsville
No high school diploma	1.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	30.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Captains Cove	Wattsville
Drove alone	72.8%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	1.4%
Other means	3.0%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Captains Cove	Wattsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Captains Cove	Wattsville
Poverty rate	0.7%	2.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	2004	1981