Quinby vs Wachapreague

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

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

Wachapreague has the higher population (290 vs 269 in Quinby). Wachapreague has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $108,500 in Quinby). Since 2019, Wachapreague's population has grown faster (+51.0% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Quinby	Wachapreague
Population	269	290
Median age	27.8 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,917
Median home value	$108,500	$206,300
Median gross rent	—	$2,045
Housing units	178	251
Homeownership rate	74.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quinby	Wachapreague
Population	332 → 269 (-19.0%)	192 → 290 (+51.0%)
Median household income	$64,000 → $95,091 (+48.6%)	$42,386 → $56,917 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$194,900 → $108,500 (-44.3%)	$150,000 → $206,300 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $978 (+11.9%)	$950 → $2,045 (+115.3%)

Quinby

Population

332269

Median household income

$64,000$95,091

Median home value

$194,900$108,500

Median gross rent

$874$978

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)

	Quinby	Wachapreague
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	15.2%	20.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	3.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	3.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	4.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	1.5%	25.2%
75 and over	25.3%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quinby	Wachapreague
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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+

	Quinby	Wachapreague
No high school diploma	17.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	23.1%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	2.3%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quinby	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)

	Quinby	Wachapreague
1-unit, detached	69.7%	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	14.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Quinby	Wachapreague
Poverty rate	11.2%	2.8%
Average household size	2.15	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1967	1945