Onancock vs Wattsville

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

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

Wattsville has the higher population (1,425 vs 1,323 in Onancock). Wattsville has the higher median household income ($66,677 vs $53,750 in Onancock). Onancock has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $170,500 in Wattsville).

Population, income & housing

	Onancock	Wattsville
Population	1,323	1,425
Median age	44.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$66,677
Median home value	$236,900	$170,500
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	869	703
Homeownership rate	67.7%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onancock	Wattsville
Population	1,098 → 1,323 (+20.5%)	998 → 1,425 (+42.8%)
Median household income	$50,347 → $53,750 (+6.8%)	$28,418 → $66,677 (+134.6%)
Median home value	$217,600 → $236,900 (+8.9%)	$159,500 → $170,500 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $775 (-9.0%)	$1,059 → $1,606 (+51.7%)

Onancock

Population

1,0981,323

Median household income

$50,347$53,750

Median home value

$217,600$236,900

Median gross rent

$852$775

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)

	Onancock	Wattsville
Under 5	7.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	18.4%	8.1%
75 and over	13.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onancock	Wattsville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.8%	52.0%
Black or African American	35.3%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onancock	Wattsville
No high school diploma	8.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	24.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onancock	Wattsville
Drove alone	66.3%	67.2%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	1.4%
Other means	1.8%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onancock	Wattsville
1-unit, detached	82.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Onancock	Wattsville
Poverty rate	25.7%	2.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1955	1981