Modest Town vs Tangier

A side-by-side comparison of Modest Town and Tangier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Modest Town has the higher population (243 vs 240 in Tangier). Modest Town has the higher median household income ($101,875 vs $33,405 in Tangier). Since 2019, Modest Town's population has grown faster (+81.3% vs -52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Modest Town	Tangier
Population	243	240
Median age	41.3 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,875	$33,405
Median home value	—	$135,900
Housing units	66	219
Homeownership rate	53.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modest Town	Tangier
Population	134 → 243 (+81.3%)	506 → 240 (-52.6%)
Median household income	$121,953 → $101,875 (-16.5%)	$41,806 → $33,405 (-20.1%)
Median home value	—	$95,000 → $135,900 (+43.1%)

Modest Town

Population

134243

Median household income

$121,953$101,875

Tangier

Population

506240

Median household income

$41,806$33,405

Median home value

$95,000$135,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modest Town	Tangier
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	39.5%	1.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	21.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	33.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	22.5%
75 and over	26.7%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modest Town	Tangier
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	11.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modest Town	Tangier
No high school diploma	57.8%	27.5%
High school graduate	22.4%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	10.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modest Town	Tangier
Drove alone	57.1%	39.3%
Carpooled	20.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.3%
Walked	22.6%	21.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	24.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modest Town	Tangier
1-unit, detached	59.1%	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	40.9%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Modest Town	Tangier
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.1%
Average household size	3.68	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1991	1986