Accomack County vs Amherst County

A side-by-side comparison of Accomack County and Amherst County: population, income, housing, and more.

Accomack County and Amherst County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Accomack County has the higher population (33,326 vs 31,385 in Amherst County). Amherst County has the higher median household income ($67,298 vs $57,500 in Accomack County). Amherst County has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $193,100 in Accomack County).

Population, income & housing

	Accomack County	Amherst County
Population	33,326	31,385
Median age	47.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$67,298
Median home value	$193,100	$197,200
Median gross rent	$973	$842
Housing units	21,897	14,301
Homeownership rate	70.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accomack County	Amherst County
Population	32,673 → 33,326 (+2.0%)	31,775 → 31,385 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$46,073 → $57,500 (+24.8%)	$52,888 → $67,298 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $193,100 (+12.4%)	$155,600 → $197,200 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $973 (+17.1%)	$728 → $842 (+15.7%)

Accomack County

Population

32,67333,326

Median household income

$46,073$57,500

Median home value

$171,800$193,100

Median gross rent

$831$973

Amherst County

Population

31,77531,385

Median household income

$52,888$67,298

Median home value

$155,600$197,200

Median gross rent

$728$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accomack County	Amherst County
Under 5	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	12.3%
75 and over	9.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accomack County	Amherst County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	73.9%
Black or African American	27.1%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accomack County	Amherst County
No high school diploma	17.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accomack County	Amherst County
Drove alone	71.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	9.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	9.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accomack County	Amherst County
1-unit, detached	75.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Accomack County	Amherst County
Poverty rate	14.9%	10.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1982	1977