Nelsonia vs Wachapreague

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

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

Nelsonia has the higher population (293 vs 290 in Wachapreague). Nelsonia has the higher median household income ($86,228 vs $56,917 in Wachapreague). Wachapreague has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $113,600 in Nelsonia).

Population, income & housing

	Nelsonia	Wachapreague
Population	293	290
Median age	48.3 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,228	$56,917
Median home value	$113,600	$206,300
Median gross rent	—	$2,045
Housing units	241	251
Homeownership rate	96.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nelsonia	Wachapreague
Population	454 → 293 (-35.5%)	192 → 290 (+51.0%)
Median household income	$78,012 → $86,228 (+10.5%)	$42,386 → $56,917 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $113,600 (+51.7%)	$150,000 → $206,300 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $2,045 (+115.3%)

Nelsonia

Population

454293

Median household income

$78,012$86,228

Median home value

$74,900$113,600

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)

	Nelsonia	Wachapreague
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	8.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	20.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	3.8%
35 to 44	21.2%	3.8%
45 to 54	1.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	22.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	25.2%
75 and over	3.8%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nelsonia	Wachapreague
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	48.8%	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	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nelsonia	Wachapreague
No high school diploma	3.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	51.3%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nelsonia	Wachapreague
Drove alone	100.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Nelsonia	Wachapreague
1-unit, detached	63.5%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	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	33.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Nelsonia	Wachapreague
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.8%
Average household size	1.82	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1993	1945