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Onancock, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Onancock is a Census town of 1,433 people across 1.05 square miles of land, in Accomack County. Median household income is $54,500, 60.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $100,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Onancock
What Onancock is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.05 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,369 plus or minus 315
- 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.
Onancock
How many people live in Onancock
- Population1,433 plus or minus 330
- Median age44.5 plus or minus 14.5
- Population under 18357 plus or minus 111
- Share under 1824.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over479 plus or minus 126
- Share 65 and over33.4 percent
- Households680 plus or minus 148
- Family households417 plus or minus 106
- Share of households that are families61.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Onancock
- Median household income$54,500
- Per capita income$36,562
- Civilian labor force569 plus or minus 185
- Employed552 plus or minus 182
- Unemployed17 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over1,009 plus or minus 214
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.0 percent plus or minus 24.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher40.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.1 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Onancock
- Housing units911
- Occupied units680 plus or minus 148
- Vacant units231 plus or minus 68
- Vacancy rate25.4 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied411 plus or minus 105
- Renter occupied269 plus or minus 87
- Ownership rate60.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$294,400 plus or minus $71,083
- Median gross rent, monthly$904 plus or minus $365
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.9 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Single family units721
- Share single family79.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more180 plus or minus 82
- Share in buildings of two or more19.8 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Mobile homes10 plus or minus 16
- Median year structure built1955
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Onancock gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute421 plus or minus 169
- Commuting under 15 minutes230 plus or minus 96
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more78 plus or minus 54
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.5 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Drove alone60.9 percent plus or minus 15.2
- Carpooled14.6 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Worked from home19.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Onancock
SBA loans in Onancock (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$100,000
- Average approval$100,000
- Median approval$100,000
- Largest approval$100,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Onancock, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Onancock
- NFIP communityTown of Onancock
- NFIP community number510298
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date05/18/15
The Town of Onancock participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 510298 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Accomack County, not Onancock
Accomack County context, not Onancock figures
- Establishments in Accomack County711
- Covered employment, Accomack County13,149
- Average annual pay, Accomack County$52,649
- Housing units permitted, Accomack County181
Every figure in this section is published for Accomack County as a whole and is not a measurement of Onancock.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Onancock questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Onancock, Virginia?
1,433, in 680 households. Onancock town covers 1.05 square miles of land, which is 1,369 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Onancock 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 Onancock?
$54,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $294,400. Median gross rent is $904 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Onancock businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $100,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $100,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Onancock, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Onancock borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Onancock. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Onancock in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Onancock appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Onancock, town of, community 510298, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Onancock figures?
No, and they are labeled 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 Onancock.
Is zoning published for Onancock?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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