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Tappahannock town, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Tappahannock town is a Census town of 1,908 people across 2.67 square miles of land, in Essex County. Median household income is $46,816, 31.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.6 m.
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Tappahannock
What Tappahannock is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.67 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land715
- County holding the largest share of its areaEssex 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.
Tappahannock
How many people live in Tappahannock
- Population1,908
- Median age44.9
- Population under 18369 plus or minus 143
- Share under 1819.3 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Population 65 and over434 plus or minus 124
- Share 65 and over22.7 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households987
- Family households454 plus or minus 139
- Share of households that are families46.0 percent plus or minus 10.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tappahannock
Income and work in Tappahannock
- Median household income$46,816
- Per capita income$32,313 plus or minus $7,672
- Civilian labor force821 plus or minus 214
- Employed821 plus or minus 214
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,432
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.9 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tappahannock
Housing in Tappahannock
- Housing units1,139
- Occupied units987
- Vacant units152 plus or minus 70
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied306 plus or minus 128
- Renter occupied681 plus or minus 166
- Ownership rate31.0 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$218,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$942
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.1 percent
- Single family units602 plus or minus 161
- Share single family52.9 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Units in buildings of two or more513 plus or minus 173
- Share in buildings of two or more45.0 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Mobile homes24 plus or minus 29
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tappahannock
How Tappahannock gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute748 plus or minus 221
- Commuting under 15 minutes328 plus or minus 142
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.9 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more344 plus or minus 142
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.0 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Drove alone76.6 percent
- Carpooled15.6 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home6.4 percent plus or minus 6.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tappahannock
SBA loans in Tappahannock (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,631,200
- Average approval$726,240
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,530,000
- Largest approval$1,530,000
- Jobs supported84
- Jobs per approval16.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Tappahannock
SBA loans in Tappahannock (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,192,000
- Average approval$397,333
- Median approval$164,000
- Largest approval$956,000
- Jobs supported27
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Essex County, not Tappahannock
Essex County context, not Tappahannock figures
These are Essex County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tappahannock measurements.
- Establishments in Essex County309
- Employment at those establishments, Essex County3,180
- Covered employment, Essex County3,546
- Average annual pay, Essex County$45,848
- Average weekly wage, Essex County$882
- Housing units permitted, Essex County38
- Of those, single family, Essex County38
- County product, 2024, Essex County$560,372,000
- County product change over the prior year, Essex County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Essex County$77,643
Every figure in this section is published for Essex County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tappahannock. 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.
- 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
Tappahannock questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tappahannock, Virginia?
1,908, in 987 households. Tappahannock town covers 2.67 square miles of land, which is 715 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tappahannock in?
Essex 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 Tappahannock?
$46,816. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $218,800. Median gross rent is $942 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tappahannock businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $3.6 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tappahannock, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tappahannock borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tappahannock. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Tappahannock figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Essex 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 Tappahannock.
Is zoning published for Tappahannock?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.