Savage Town vs Tangier

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

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

Savage Town has the higher population (254 vs 240 in Tangier). Since 2019, Savage Town's population has grown faster (+316.4% vs -52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Savage Town	Tangier
Population	254	240
Median age	19.7 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$33,405
Median home value	—	$135,900
Housing units	53	219
Homeownership rate	0.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Savage Town	Tangier
Population	61 → 254 (+316.4%)	506 → 240 (-52.6%)
Median household income	—	$41,806 → $33,405 (-20.1%)
Median home value	—	$95,000 → $135,900 (+43.1%)

Savage Town

Population

61254

Tangier

Population

506240

Median household income

$41,806$33,405

Median home value

$95,000$135,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Savage Town	Tangier
Under 5	21.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	1.7%
18 to 24	22.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	31.1%	33.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	22.5%
75 and over	0.0%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Savage Town	Tangier
No high school diploma	18.9%	27.5%
High school graduate	52.3%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	10.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Savage Town	Tangier
Drove alone	60.5%	39.3%
Carpooled	39.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.3%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Savage Town	Tangier
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Savage Town	Tangier
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.1%
Average household size	4.79	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	—	1986