County · Virginia

Accomack County, Virginia

Accomack County, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 38 out of 100 (low), ranking #1,936 of 3,143 US counties. Within Virginia it ranks #106 of 133 counties. It ranks best on restaurants and bars (high), suicide rate (low) and food environment index (high). It ranks worst on natural hazard risk (high), cost of buying a home today (high) and mental health care shortage (high).

38Low

Quality-of-life score: #1,936 of 3,143 counties
Virginia: #106 of 133 in VA
Population: 33,859 (2025)
Land area: 449 mi²
Density: 75.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 51001

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety49#1,581/3,096
Economy37#1,966/3,143
Housing39#1,915/3,140
Health38#1,961/3,144
Healthcare21#2,483/3,143
Environment66#1,066/3,108
Education22#2,438/3,144
Infrastructure40#1,895/3,144
Community43#1,782/3,144
Leisure & amenities81#586/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Accomack County, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Restaurants and bars · high15.4 /10k
89/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Suicide rate · low14.1 /100k
87/100Virginia 13.2 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Food environment index · high8.6
84/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · low0.50%
79/100Virginia 0.78%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Public EV charging ports · high7.1 /10k
78/100Virginia 6.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Public transit commuters · high0.6%
78/100Virginia 2.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high94.6
5/100Virginia 17.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Cost of buying a home today · high44.8%
6/100Virginia 33.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
7/100Virginia 14.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Some college · low44.3%
10/100Virginia 72.0%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dental care shortage · high18.0
13/100Virginia 6.1United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
High school diploma or higher · low83.6%
15/100Virginia 91.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
11% (2021) → 57% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+46 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
29.9 /100k (2021) → 4.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−87%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
28.1% (Dec 2021) → 44.8% (Aug 2026)
+17 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.5% (2015-2019) → 83.5% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Firearm deathsImproving
44.9 /100k (2021) → 13.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−71%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
38.9 /100k (2021) → 14.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Accomack County, Virginia improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 20 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Students / teacher−4.2×16.2× → 12.0×
Restaurants+55%9.9 /10k → 15.4 /10k
Broadband+15 points68.5% → 83.5%
Violent crime−45%420 /100k → 230 /100k
Overdose deaths−54%31.8 /100k → 14.7 /100k

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Accomack County, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	4.1 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	66%
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	20.8 min2020-2024	−2.1 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Average weekly wage	$8522020	$1,0682025	+25%	Improved	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	21.7%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Broadband subscriptions	68.5%2015-2019	83.5%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	80%
Child poverty rate	28.5%2019	22.3%2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Distance to an airport	69 mi2020	69 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	31.8 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−54%	Improved	80%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.50%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Firearm deaths	18.8 /100k2020	13.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−31%	Within the margin of error	89%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−1.4%	Within the margin of error	48%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+48%	Within the margin of error	86%
High school diploma or higher	81.5%2015-2019	83.6%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	95%
Homicide rate	12.0 /100k2020	4.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−67%	Within the margin of error	81%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,2342019	$63,3742024	+15%	Improved	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4482015-2019	0.4502020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$47,3352019	$60,6752024	+28%	Improved	67%
New business applications	6.9 /1k2020	11.1 /1k2025	+61%	Improved	70%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−21%	Within the margin of error	23%
Poverty rate	16.4%2019	13.1%2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Property crime rate	1,338 /100k2020	801 /100k2025	−40%	Improved	58%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	45.0%2015-2019	40.8%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Restaurants and bars	9.9 /10k2020	15.4 /10k2025	+55%	Improved	96%
Students per teacher	16.2×2019	12.0×2024	−4.2×	Improved	98%
Suicide rate	12.6 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Within the margin of error	32%
Traffic deaths	17.1 /100k2015-2019	22.1 /100k2020-2024	+29%	Within the margin of error	25%
Unemployment rate	7.4%2020	4.3%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	65%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.1%2019	14.3%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Violent crime rate	420 /100k2020	230 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	84%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Accomack County, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Accomack County, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Accomack County, Virginia itself moved +8.3 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

33,335 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

14,446 households (±463)

Accomack County, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k19%2,806
$25k–50k23%3,266
$50k–75k20%2,828

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

14,446 households (±463)

Accomack County, Virginia
Virginia share

Own71%10,319
Rent29%4,127

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.6 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

14,281 workers (±553)

Accomack County, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone73%10,359
Carpool15%2,084
Public transit0.6%†90

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Accomack County has 711 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Virginia's), with 9,186 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,303. The Census Bureau also counts 2,662 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 711; 2,662 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 9,186
Average annual pay: $39,303; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Accomack County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	66	19.7	1.07×About typical	656	$27,500	17
Specialty trade contractors	44	13.1	0.85×About typical	181	$50,691	226
Lessors of real estate	40	11.9	0.97×About typical	112	$40,652	282
Full-service restaurants	36	10.7	1.40×More than typical	388	$27,250	7
Ambulatory health care services	35	10.4	0.50×Fewer than typical	484	$54,281	90
Religious organizations	31	9.3	1.67×More than typical	70	$18,657	—
Gasoline stations	29	8.7	2.67×More than typical	275	$27,702	—
Construction of buildings	28	8.4	1.11×About typical	97	$39,825	117
Traveler accommodation	26	7.8	4.30×More than typical	324	$26,093	11
Limited-service restaurants	22	6.6	0.82×About typical	232	$26,056	5
Building equipment contractors	21	6.3	1.04×About typical	90	$49,000	44
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	6	1.19×About typical	68	$56,353	48

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 33,510 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $117.7M on contracts performed in Accomack County, Virginia: $3,477 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $117.7M; −64% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,477; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.4%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$69M59%
Department of the Navy$29.6M25%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$8.7M7.4%
U.S. Coast Guard$4.7M4.0%
Federal Highway Administration$2.8M2.4%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.5M1.3%
Department of the Army$663K0.6%
Defense Information Systems Agency$510.7K0.4%

Top recipients

PERATON INC.$31.7M27%
BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$21.6M18%
KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$19.7M17%
MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC$9.5M8.1%
T-SOLUTIONS, INC.$7.4M6.3%

Spending by fiscal year

124.5MFY2017
155.8MFY2018
150.4MFY2019
179.7MFY2020
156.5MFY2021
134.9MFY2022
546MFY2023
593.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$62.6M53%
Other telecommunications · 5179$19.7M17%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$14.9M13%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$9.1M7.7%
Other support services · 5619$3.4M2.9%
Investigation and security services · 5616

Largest awards

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Explore contracts in Accomack County, Virginia

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $280.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Accomack County, Virginia: $8,285 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $280.5M; −4.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,285; US $12,955
Loan face value: $11.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$180.4M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$22.1M7.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$21.8M7.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$13.7M4.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$7.7M2.7%
93.224 · Health Center Program$5.3M1.9%
20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$4.8M1.7%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$3.8M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

EASTERN SHORE RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM, INCORPORATED$5.3M1.9%
ONANCOCK, VA
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION$4.8M1.7%
ACCOMAC, VA
COUNTY OF FAUQUIER$4.6M1.6%
WARRENTON, VA
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY$3.5M1.2%
ACCOMAC, VA
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$224M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$24.6M8.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$7.8M2.8%
Department of Transportation
Health Resources and Services Administration$5.5M1.9%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Aviation Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

222.2MFY2021
232.6MFY2022
256.1MFY2023
265.9MFY2024
293.4MFY2025
280.5MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Accomack County, Virginia

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Accomack County, Virginia compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Accomack County, Virginia
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Accomack County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$3,803	$1,436
FY2018	$4,779	$1,552
FY2019	$4,654	$1,654
FY2020	$5,381	$1,880
FY2021	$4,682	$1,810
FY2022	$4,059	$1,917
FY2023	$16,295	$2,079
FY2024	$17,586	$2,047
FY2025	$9,558	$2,165
FY2026	$3,477 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Accomack County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
FY2017	$313	$93.28
FY2018	$705	$105
FY2019	$352	$128
FY2020	$1,251	$145
FY2021	$584	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Accomack County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$4,969	$5,748
FY2022	$4,370	$5,221
FY2023	$17,036	$5,364
FY2024	$18,144	$5,501
FY2025	$9,888	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Accomack County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	-$8.82	$298
FY2022	$142	$357
FY2023	$461	$301
FY2024	$369	$319
FY2025	$95.94	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Accomack County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$117	$239
FY2022	$124	$185
FY2023	$127	$229
FY2024	$129	$229
FY2025	$110	$249
FY2026	$129

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Accomack County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$202	$2,304
FY2022	$158	$2,197
FY2023	$167	$2,274
FY2024	$155	$2,267
FY2025	$153	$2,397
FY2026	$155

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Accomack County, Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
FY2021	$688	$1,186
FY2022	$337	$465
FY2023	-$12.91	$76.52
FY2024	$65.29	$120
FY2025	$3.17	$148
FY2026	$63.51

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Accomack County, Virginia
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Accomack County, Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2018

$705 per resident in FY2018, against an earlier average of $313 (2.2× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Accomack County, Virginia
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/51001

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Accomack County, Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jennifer A. KiggansR-VA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Cities and towns in Accomack County

Places whose residents live mostly in Accomack County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/51001

2014

−0.4%

2.0%

2015

1.8%

2.1%

2016

1.2%

1.7%

2017

1.8%

1.4%

2018

1.3%

1.6%

2019

−1.9%

1.4%

2020

−8.1%

−6.1%

2021

−2.7%

3.4%

2022

2.5%

4.3%

2023

3.9%

2.1%

2024

4.5%

1.2%

2025

−1.6%

0.5%

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	−4.3%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.6%	+3.3%
2018	+9.0%	+6.8%
2019	+10.7%	+10.5%
2020	+23.3%	+19.4%
2021	+31.4%	+26.1%
2022	+37.6%	+30.6%
2023	+40.4%	+35.0%
2024	+46.5%	+41.0%
2025	+54.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	−9.0%	−5.5%
2015	−6.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.0%	+4.1%
2018	+12.5%	+8.9%
2019	+19.6%	+13.5%
2020	+28.0%	+20.8%
2021	+42.0%	+32.1%
2022	+37.6%	+35.4%
2023	+33.8%	+42.9%
2024	+40.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	2.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	−1.7%	−6.9%
2015	−0.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+12.8%	+4.7%
2018	+9.8%	+7.5%
2019	+21.2%	+14.0%
2020	+13.0%	+16.9%
2021	+30.5%	+21.0%
2022	+44.4%	+29.7%
2023	+43.5%	+34.9%
2024	+55.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	19.4%	15.5%
2015	20.4%	14.7%
2016	20.0%	14.0%
2017	17.8%	13.4%
2018	17.3%	13.1%
2019	16.4%	12.3%
2020	17.6%	11.9%
2021	16.2%	12.8%
2022	16.0%	12.6%
2023	17.3%	12.5%
2024	13.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	6.5%	6.2%
2015	5.3%	5.3%
2016	5.1%	4.9%
2017	4.9%	4.4%
2018	4.3%	3.9%
2019	3.9%	3.7%
2020	7.4%	8.1%
2021	4.8%	5.4%
2022	3.5%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	4.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	−2.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+0.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+19.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+36.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+41.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+50.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+57.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+51.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	18.8%	13.5%
2015	18.5%	10.9%
2016	17.9%	10.0%
2017	16.6%	10.2%
2018	17.0%	10.4%
2019	15.1%	10.8%
2020	13.6%	10.4%
2021	13.4%	10.2%
2022	10.9%	9.5%
2023	11.8%	9.5%
2024	14.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Accomack County, Virginia	United States
2014	5.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	10.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.1/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Accomack County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	0.0 points	+0.0 points	−0.6 points to +1.4 points
Year −2	−0.6 points	−0.8 points	−1.9 points to +1.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−0.5 points	−0.7 points	−2.1 points to +0.6 points
Year +1	−3.7 points	−0.8 points	−2.2 points to +0.5 points
Year +2	−9.9 points	−8.3 points	−14.2 points to −3.9 points

Year	Accomack County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−10.6 points	−9.9 points	−12.0 points to −8.9 points
Year −2	−5.2 points	−0.7 points	−3.8 points to +4.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+1.4 points	−0.2 points	−2.0 points to +4.5 points
Year +1	+2.0 points	−0.1 points	−2.0 points to +1.0 points
Year +2	−4.1 points

Year	Accomack County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−10.4%	−10.1%	−11.2% to −9.3%
Year −2	−4.5%	−5.5%	−7.2% to −4.2%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+2.0%	+4.7%	+1.4% to +7.3%
Year +1	+6.4%	+9.3%	+2.0% to +12.5%
Year +2	+12.3%	+13.1%	+5.4% to +18.4%

Year	Accomack County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+3.9 points	+3.6 points	+3.2 points to +4.2 points
Year −2	+1.3 points	+1.1 points	+0.7 points to +1.4 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.2 points	−0.1 points	−0.2 points to 0.0 points
Year +1	+0.2 points	+0.3 points	0.0 points to +0.6 points
Year +2	+0.8 points	+0.6 points	+0.2 points to +1.1 points

Year	Accomack County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−6.9%	−8.0%	−9.6% to −6.1%
Year −2	+3.2%	−1.4%	−4.0% to +0.6%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	−2.7%	+6.2%	+5.6% to +7.1%
Year +1	+1.9%	+10.6%	+9.4% to +12.0%

Year	Accomack County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−21.7%	−19.0%	−22.8% to −16.8%
Year −2	−9.6%	−10.6%	−15.2% to −3.7%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	−0.6%	−2.3%	−3.5% to −1.2%
Year +1	+7.7%	+3.2%	+0.5% to +4.3%

Year	Accomack County, Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.6 points	+0.9 points	+0.3 points to +1.8 points
Year −2	+0.2 points	+2.9 points	+1.1 points to +4.8 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+1.3 points	+1.3 points	−1.1 points to +2.6 points
Year +1	−2.9 points	+0.5 points	−0.7 points to +1.6 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined0

Counties like Accomack County, Virginia five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 10 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Cities and towns in Accomack County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined0

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 10 similar counties

Compared with 14 similar counties

Compared with 18 similar counties

Compared with 10 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought