Cats Bridge vs Tangier

A side-by-side comparison of Cats Bridge and Tangier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tangier has the higher population (240 vs 204 in Cats Bridge). Tangier has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $110,400 in Cats Bridge). Since 2019, Cats Bridge's population has grown faster (+44.7% vs -52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cats Bridge	Tangier
Population	204	240
Median age	58.4 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$33,405
Median home value	$110,400	$135,900
Housing units	89	219
Homeownership rate	31.5%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cats Bridge	Tangier
Population	141 → 204 (+44.7%)	506 → 240 (-52.6%)
Median household income	—	$41,806 → $33,405 (-20.1%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $110,400 (+1.9%)	$95,000 → $135,900 (+43.1%)

Cats Bridge

Population

141204

Median home value

$108,300$110,400

Tangier

Population

506240

Median household income

$41,806$33,405

Median home value

$95,000$135,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cats Bridge	Tangier
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	1.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	18.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	24.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	33.8%
65 to 74	39.7%	22.5%
75 and over	0.0%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cats Bridge	Tangier
White (non-Hispanic)	5.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	94.1%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cats Bridge	Tangier
No high school diploma	13.2%	27.5%
High school graduate	65.7%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	10.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cats Bridge	Tangier
Drove alone	89.4%	39.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.3%
Walked	0.0%	21.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	10.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	24.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cats Bridge	Tangier
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Cats Bridge	Tangier
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.29	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1956	1986