Metompkin vs Wachapreague

A side-by-side comparison of Metompkin and Wachapreague: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Metompkin has the higher population (330 vs 290 in Wachapreague). Wachapreague has the higher median household income ($56,917 vs $25,527 in Metompkin). Since 2019, Wachapreague's population has grown faster (+51.0% vs -34.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Metompkin	Wachapreague
Population	330	290
Median age	65.1 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$25,527	$56,917
Median home value	—	$206,300
Median gross rent	$504	$2,045
Housing units	273	251
Homeownership rate	24.7%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metompkin	Wachapreague
Population	504 → 330 (-34.5%)	192 → 290 (+51.0%)
Median household income	$23,564 → $25,527 (+8.3%)	$42,386 → $56,917 (+34.3%)
Median home value	—	$150,000 → $206,300 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$354 → $504 (+42.4%)	$950 → $2,045 (+115.3%)

Metompkin

Population

504330

Median household income

$23,564$25,527

Median gross rent

$354$504

Wachapreague

Population

192290

Median household income

$42,386$56,917

Median home value

$150,000$206,300

Median gross rent

$950$2,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metompkin	Wachapreague
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	20.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.8%
45 to 54	33.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	2.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	55.5%	25.2%
75 and over	0.0%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metompkin	Wachapreague
White (non-Hispanic)	5.5%	92.4%
Black or African American	56.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metompkin	Wachapreague
No high school diploma	84.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	6.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metompkin	Wachapreague
Drove alone	95.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metompkin	Wachapreague
1-unit, detached	26.7%	97.2%
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	40.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Metompkin	Wachapreague
Poverty rate	33.3%	2.8%
Average household size	1.34	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	2004	1945