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Chincoteague town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Chincoteague town is a Census town of 3,296 people across 9.26 square miles of land, in Accomack County. Median household income is $62,917, 78.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Chincoteague
What Chincoteague is
- Census place typetown
- Land area9.26 sq mi
- Water area28.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land356
- County holding the largest share of its areaAccomack County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chincoteague
How many people live in Chincoteague
- Population3,296
- Median age57.4
- Population under 18457 plus or minus 144
- Share under 1813.9 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Population 65 and over1,240
- Share 65 and over37.6 percent
- Households1,714
- Family households1,024
- Share of households that are families59.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chincoteague
Income and work in Chincoteague
- Median household income$62,917 plus or minus $18,324
- Per capita income$41,918
- Civilian labor force1,252
- Employed1,170
- Unemployed82 plus or minus 85
- Unemployment rate6.5 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Adults 25 and over2,633
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chincoteague
Housing in Chincoteague
- Housing units4,543
- Occupied units1,714
- Vacant units2,829
- Vacancy rate62.3 percent
- Owner occupied1,343
- Renter occupied371 plus or minus 112
- Ownership rate78.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$349,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,081
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.6 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Single family units3,302
- Share single family72.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more270 plus or minus 113
- Share in buildings of two or more5.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Mobile homes971 plus or minus 203
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chincoteague
How Chincoteague gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,077
- Commuting under 15 minutes735 plus or minus 172
- Share commuting under 15 minutes68.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more136 plus or minus 70
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Drove alone71.5 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.4 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Worked from home13.4 percent plus or minus 7.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Accomack County, not Chincoteague
Accomack County context, not Chincoteague figures
These are Accomack County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Chincoteague measurements.
- Establishments in Accomack County711
- Employment at those establishments, Accomack County9,186
- Covered employment, Accomack County13,149
- Average annual pay, Accomack County$52,649
- Average weekly wage, Accomack County$1,012
- Housing units permitted, Accomack County181
- Of those, single family, Accomack County181
- County product, 2024, Accomack County$2,039,420,000
- County product change over the prior year, Accomack County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Accomack County$64,085
Every figure in this section is published for Accomack County as a whole and is not a measurement of Chincoteague. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Chincoteague questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Chincoteague, Virginia?
3,296, in 1,714 households. Chincoteague town covers 9.26 square miles of land, which is 356 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Chincoteague in?
Accomack County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Chincoteague?
$62,917. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $349,500. Median gross rent is $1,081 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Chincoteague figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Accomack County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Chincoteague.
Is zoning published for Chincoteague?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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