Accomack County vs Caroline County

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

Accomack County and Caroline 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 31,541 in Caroline County). Caroline County has the higher median household income ($86,267 vs $57,500 in Accomack County). Caroline County has the higher median home value ($283,100 vs $193,100 in Accomack County).

Population, income & housing

	Accomack County	Caroline County
Population	33,326	31,541
Median age	47.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$86,267
Median home value	$193,100	$283,100
Median gross rent	$973	$1,201
Housing units	21,897	12,693
Homeownership rate	70.5%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accomack County	Caroline County
Population	32,673 → 33,326 (+2.0%)	30,381 → 31,541 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$46,073 → $57,500 (+24.8%)	$65,103 → $86,267 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $193,100 (+12.4%)	$206,000 → $283,100 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $973 (+17.1%)	$1,093 → $1,201 (+9.9%)

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

Caroline County

Population

30,38131,541

Median household income

$65,103$86,267

Median home value

$206,000$283,100

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accomack County	Caroline County
Under 5	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.0%
75 and over	9.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accomack County	Caroline County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	61.5%
Black or African American	27.1%	23.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accomack County	Caroline County
No high school diploma	17.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	34.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accomack County	Caroline County
Drove alone	71.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	11.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accomack County	Caroline County
1-unit, detached	75.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Accomack County	Caroline County
Poverty rate	14.9%	11.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1982	1992