Tangier vs Temperanceville

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

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

Temperanceville has the higher population (265 vs 240 in Tangier). Tangier has the higher median household income ($33,405 vs $30,625 in Temperanceville). Since 2019, Temperanceville's population has grown faster (+2.7% vs -52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Tangier	Temperanceville
Population	240	265
Median age	63.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,405	$30,625
Median home value	$135,900	—
Housing units	219	117
Homeownership rate	96.6%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tangier	Temperanceville
Population	506 → 240 (-52.6%)	258 → 265 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$41,806 → $33,405 (-20.1%)	$83,958 → $30,625 (-63.5%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $135,900 (+43.1%)	$136,600 → $144,900 (+6.1%)

Tangier

Population

506240

Median household income

$41,806$33,405

Median home value

$95,000$135,900

Temperanceville

Population

258265

Median household income

$83,958$30,625

Median home value

$136,600$144,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tangier	Temperanceville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.7%	39.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	33.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	22.5%	19.6%
75 and over	25.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tangier	Temperanceville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	41.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tangier	Temperanceville
No high school diploma	27.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	55.1%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	10.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tangier	Temperanceville
Drove alone	39.3%	98.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.6%
Public transit	10.3%	0.0%
Walked	21.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	24.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tangier	Temperanceville
1-unit, detached	84.0%	78.6%
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	16.0%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Tangier	Temperanceville
Poverty rate	2.1%	60.0%
Average household size	1.63	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1986	1974