Cape Charles vs Exmore

A side-by-side comparison of Cape Charles and Exmore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Exmore has the higher population (1,742 vs 1,278 in Cape Charles). Cape Charles has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $34,773 in Exmore). Cape Charles has the higher median home value ($589,000 vs $162,200 in Exmore).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Charles	Exmore
Population	1,278	1,742
Median age	55.6 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$34,773
Median home value	$589,000	$162,200
Median gross rent	$840	$445
Housing units	1,162	830
Homeownership rate	60.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Charles	Exmore
Population	1,239 → 1,278 (+3.1%)	1,501 → 1,742 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $51,250 (-6.2%)	$27,679 → $34,773 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$345,500 → $589,000 (+70.5%)	$136,600 → $162,200 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $840 (+35.9%)	$562 → $445 (-20.8%)

Cape Charles

Population

1,2391,278

Median household income

$54,643$51,250

Median home value

$345,500$589,000

Median gross rent

$618$840

Exmore

Population

1,5011,742

Median household income

$27,679$34,773

Median home value

$136,600$162,200

Median gross rent

$562$445

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Charles	Exmore
Under 5	1.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	6.9%	23.2%
18 to 24	16.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	5.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	25.4%	8.6%
75 and over	11.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Charles	Exmore
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	34.4%
Black or African American	6.9%	45.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Charles	Exmore
No high school diploma	8.0%	24.0%
High school graduate	15.6%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Charles	Exmore
Drove alone	66.5%	58.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	35.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Charles	Exmore
1-unit, detached	59.2%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Cape Charles	Exmore
Poverty rate	15.0%	25.3%
Average household size	1.88	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1971	1976