Accomack County vs Pulaski County

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

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

Pulaski County has the higher population (33,771 vs 33,326 in Accomack County). Pulaski County has the higher median household income ($60,767 vs $57,500 in Accomack County). Accomack County has the higher median home value ($193,100 vs $182,500 in Pulaski County).

Population, income & housing

	Accomack County	Pulaski County
Population	33,326	33,771
Median age	47.5 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$60,767
Median home value	$193,100	$182,500
Median gross rent	$973	$815
Housing units	21,897	17,039
Homeownership rate	70.5%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accomack County	Pulaski County
Population	32,673 → 33,326 (+2.0%)	34,182 → 33,771 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$46,073 → $57,500 (+24.8%)	$53,866 → $60,767 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $193,100 (+12.4%)	$149,500 → $182,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $973 (+17.1%)	$711 → $815 (+14.6%)

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

Pulaski County

Population

34,18233,771

Median household income

$53,866$60,767

Median home value

$149,500$182,500

Median gross rent

$711$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accomack County	Pulaski County
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.5%
75 and over	9.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accomack County	Pulaski County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	27.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accomack County	Pulaski County
No high school diploma	17.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accomack County	Pulaski County
Drove alone	71.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	14.8%	7.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.8%	6.9%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accomack County	Pulaski County
1-unit, detached	75.0%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	6.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Accomack County	Pulaski County
Poverty rate	14.9%	14.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1982	1975