Accomack County vs Botetourt County

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

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

Botetourt County has the higher population (33,875 vs 33,326 in Accomack County). Botetourt County has the higher median household income ($80,467 vs $57,500 in Accomack County). Botetourt County has the higher median home value ($268,900 vs $193,100 in Accomack County).

Population, income & housing

	Accomack County	Botetourt County
Population	33,326	33,875
Median age	47.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$80,467
Median home value	$193,100	$268,900
Median gross rent	$973	$951
Housing units	21,897	15,010
Homeownership rate	70.5%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accomack County	Botetourt County
Population	32,673 → 33,326 (+2.0%)	33,343 → 33,875 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$46,073 → $57,500 (+24.8%)	$71,110 → $80,467 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $193,100 (+12.4%)	$227,700 → $268,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $973 (+17.1%)	$908 → $951 (+4.7%)

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

Botetourt County

Population

33,34333,875

Median household income

$71,110$80,467

Median home value

$227,700$268,900

Median gross rent

$908$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accomack County	Botetourt County
Under 5	5.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.7%
75 and over	9.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accomack County	Botetourt County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	90.8%
Black or African American	27.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accomack County	Botetourt County
No high school diploma	17.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	34.9%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accomack County	Botetourt County
Drove alone	71.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	14.8%	6.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	11.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accomack County	Botetourt County
1-unit, detached	75.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Accomack County	Botetourt County
Poverty rate	14.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1982	1984