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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $503 (0.6%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Accomack County is $452 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $508 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $617 a month.
Cities in this county include: Chincoteague
, Onancock
, Parksley
, Tangier
, Accomac
, Onley
, Belle Haven
, Melfa
, Bloxom
, Saxis
.
Neighboring
counties: Somerset County, Maryland
, Worcester County, Maryland
, Northampton County
, Somerset County, Maryland
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Accomack County: Grangeville
(A),
Red Hill
(B),
Hammock Landing
(C),
Makemie Park
(D),
Burtons Shore
(E),
Assateague Lighthouse
(F),
Assawoman
(G),
Virginia Truck Experimental Station
(H),
Poplar Cove Wharf
(I),
Poplar Cove
(J),
Keller Campgrounds
(K),
Horntown Landing
(L),
Oak Hall
(M),
Belle Haven Station
(N),
Whispering Pines
(O),
Chincoteague Pumping Station
(P),
Coal Kiln
(Q),
Messongo Bridge
(R),
Sheilds Wharf
(S),
The Oaks
(T)
Churches in Accomack County include: Adams
Church
(A),
Pittsville Church
(B),
Pocomoke Church
(C),
Gaskin Chapel
(D),
Andrew Chapel
(E),
Saint Georges Church
(F),
Saint Johns Church
(G),
Saint Josephs Church
(H),
Saint Lukes Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Liberty
Cemetery
(1),
Joynes Cemetery
(2),
Bloxom Cemetery
(3),
Greenwood Cemetery
(4),
Onancock Cemetery
(5),
Edge Hill Cemetery
(6),
Wessells Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: North
Pond
(A),
Wallops Pond
(B),
Horseshoe Pond
(C),
Level Pond
(D),
Goose Lakes
(E),
Bundick Pond
(F),
Drummonds Millpond
(G),
Custis Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Poplar
Creek
(A),
Powell Creek
(B),
Mosquito Creek
(C),
Moore Branch
(D),
Pungoteague Creek
(E),
Major Hole Creek
(F),
Rattrap Creek
(G),
Hancock Branch
(H),
Guys Point Gut
(I)
Parks in Accomack County include: Accomack
Wayside
(1),
Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
(2),
Saxis Marsh Waterfowl Management Area and Refuge
(3),
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
(4)
Beaches: Snead
Beach
(A),
Guard Shore
(B),
Bow Beach
(C),
Parramore Beach
(D),
Sound Beach
(E),
Gargathy Beach
(F),
Cedar Island Beach
(G),
Wallops Beach
(H)
Post offices: Lee
Mont Post Office
(A),
Sanford Post Office
(B),
Oak Hall Post Office
(C),
Craddockville Post Office
(D),
Mappsville Post Office
(E),
Belle Haven Post Office
(F),
Pungoteague Post Office
(G),
Nelsonia Post Office
(H),
Atlantic Post Office
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 881
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 67.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,625 (18% naturalized citizens)
| Accomack
County: |
4.2% | | Whole
state: | 8.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 823
- 1990
to 1994: 237
- 1985
to 1989: 211
- 1980
to 1984: 55
- 1975
to 1979: 120
- 1970
to 1974: 46
- 1970
to 1974: 21
- 1965
to 1969: 112
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Mean travel time to work: 23.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 78.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 13,728
- One,
attached: 493
- Two:
212
- 3
or 4: 222
- 5
to 9: 177
- 10
to 19: 65
- 20
or more: 45
- Mobile
homes: 4,512
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 96
Housing units in Accomack County with a mortgage: 4,057 (273 second mortgage, 423 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,952 Agriculture
in Accomack County
Average size of farms: 286 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $343184
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $677.36
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 6.25%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 56.49%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $253471
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 76.98%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $110795
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 80.19%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 0.67
Corn for grain: 23851 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 12164 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 1375 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 34158 harvested acres
Vegetables: 5591 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 77 acresAccomack
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 4.0 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/7/1967, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(15%)
- Food
(13%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public
administration (8%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Grocery
and related product merchant wholesalers (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (11%)
- Food
(11%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (5%)
- Fishing
and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(49%)
- Guatemala
(19%)
- Nicaragua
(8%)
- Korea
(4%)
- United
Kingdom (2%)
- El
Salvador (2%)
- Germany
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Accomack County:
|
- United
States or American (20%)
- English
(15%)
- German
(7%)
- Irish
(7%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Polish
(1%)
- French
(except Basque) (1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 12,503 (77%)
- Carpooled:
2,336 (14%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 256 (2%)
- Ferryboat:
8 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
32 (0%)
- Bicycle:
100 (1%)
- Walked:
422 (3%)
- Other
means: 193 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 454 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Accomack County, Virginia
- 285
people in nursing homes
- 267
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 124
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 112
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 32
people in military barracks, etc.
- 24
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 20
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,941.
5.17% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,561 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.17% | | Virginia
average: | 11.06% |
0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($894 average AGI)
| Accomack
County: |
0.10% | | Virginia
average: | 0.41% |
1.55% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($12,601 average AGI)
3.52% relocated from other states ($25,067 average AGI)
| Accomack
County: |
3.52% | | Virginia
average: | 4.24% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Northampton County, VA
|
0.51% ($26,769 average AGI) |
| from
Worcester County, MD
|
0.31% ($35,205) |
| from
Virginia Beach city, VA
|
0.17% ($36,810) |
| from
Wicomico County, MD
|
0.16% ($24,750) |
| from
Anne Arundel County, MD
|
0.13% ($68,500) |
| from
Norfolk city, VA
|
0.12% ($77,200) |
| from
Fairfax County, VA
|
0.10% ($62,923) |
5.41% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,092 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.41% | | Virginia
average: | 10.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.82% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($11,371 average AGI)
3.58% relocated to other states ($21,721 average AGI)
| Accomack
County: |
3.58% | | Virginia
average: | 4.13% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Northampton County, VA
|
0.59% ($25,493 average AGI) |
| to
Wicomico County, MD
|
0.44% ($35,071) |
| to
Worcester County, MD
|
0.39% ($38,680) |
| to
Virginia Beach city, VA
|
0.21% ($41,269) |
| to
Norfolk city, VA
|
0.18% ($18,174) |
| to
Somerset County, MD
|
0.17% ($34,476) |
| to
Sussex County, DE
|
0.10% ($24,692) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9
Births
per 1000 population in Accomack County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Accomack County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.9
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Accomack County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,904 (5,936 aged, 968 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 37,429
- In
family households: 31,720 (7,328 male householders, 3,054 female householders)
7,556
spouses, 10,082 children (9,107 natural, 231 adopted, 744 stepchildren), 1,543 grandchildren, 257 brothers or sisters, 272 parents, 697 other relatives, 931 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 5,709 (2,198 male householders (1,762 living alone)), 2,690 female householders (2,475 living alone)), 821 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 876 (355 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,697 2-persons, 2,505 3-persons, 1,917 4-persons, 785 5-persons, 262 6-persons, 216 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,237 1-person, 541 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.
4,903 married couples with children.
2,781 single-parent households (515 men, 2,266 women).
93.3% of residents of Accomack County speak English at home.
5.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 23% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 50% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $363,566,000 ($9237 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $49,186,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $111,361,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $48,184,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,606,000
Federal grants: $41,874,000
Federal procurement contracts: $107,338,000 ($33,115,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $49,202,000 ($8,736,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,624,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,922,000
Federal Government insurance: $500,590,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,491
| Here: |
63 per 1000 residents | | State: | 70
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,437
| Here: |
62 per 1000 residents | | State: |
40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +714
| Here: |
+18 per 1000 residents | | State: | +18
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +412
| Here: |
+10 per 1000 residents | | State: | +14
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Accomack County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.82 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 611
- 1995
to 1998: 1,666
- 1990
to 1994: 1,646
- 1980
to 1989: 3,216
- 1970
to 1979: 2,965
- 1960
to 1969: 1,931
- 1950
to 1959: 1,887
- 1940
to 1949: 1,510
- 1939
or earlier: 4,118
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Accomack County, Virginia: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 75
- 3
rooms: 313
- 4
rooms: 1,282
- 5
rooms: 3,083
- 6
rooms: 2,805
- 7
rooms: 1,846
- 8
rooms: 1,094
- 9
or more rooms: 974
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Accomack County, Virginia: |
- 1
room: 9
- 2
rooms: 148
- 3
rooms: 325
- 4
rooms: 1,066
- 5
rooms: 1,160
- 6
rooms: 586
- 7
rooms: 283
- 8
rooms: 191
- 9
or more rooms: 59
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Accomack County: |
- no
bedroom: 25
- 1
bedroom: 380
- 2
bedrooms: 3,357
- 3
bedrooms: 6,118
- 4
bedrooms: 1,413
- 5
or more bedrooms: 179
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Accomack County: |
- no
bedroom: 22
- 1
bedroom: 429
- 2
bedrooms: 1,672
- 3
bedrooms: 1,413
- 4
bedrooms: 231
- 5
or more bedrooms: 60
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Accomack County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 892
- 1
vehicle: 3,718
- 2
vehicles: 4,575
- 3
vehicles: 1,810
- 4
vehicles: 402
- 5
or more vehicles: 75
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Accomack County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 555
- 1
vehicle: 1,852
- 2
vehicles: 1,111
- 3
vehicles: 231
- 4
vehicles: 62
- 5
or more vehicles: 16
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62% of Accomack County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Virginia.
| Accomack
County: |
61.9% | | State
average: |
53.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 22535
- Northeast:
4495
- Midwest:
963
- South:
8010
- West:
515
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,200 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity
(27%)
- Wood
(4%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity
(24%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 406
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 121
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 81
| Here: |
10.0% | | Virginia: | 20.6% |
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