Population: 236. Estimated population in July 2020: 234 (-0.8% change)
Males: 110 (46.6%), Females: 126 (53.4%)
Accomack County
Zip code: 23480
Median resident age: 55.6 years
Median household income: $36,625
Median house value: $79,300
Races in Wachapreague:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.2%)
- Black (2.5%)
- Two or more races (2.1%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
- Other race (1.7%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: English (24.2%), United States (11.0%), German (7.2%), Irish (6.4%), Scottish (6.4%), Italian (4.2%).
Elevation: 10 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
Population
For population 25 years and over in Wachapreague
- High school or higher: 87.9%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 24.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.6%
- Unemployed: 2.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Wachapreague town
- Never married: 15.0%
- Now married: 55.9%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 7.7%
- Divorced: 18.6%
3.0% Foreign born (1.7% Asia, 1.3% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -55 (-18.9%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Wachapreague:
- SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; NASSAWADOX, VA)
- EDWARD MCCREADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; CRISFIELD, MD)
- RAPPAHANNOCK GENL HOSP (about 47 miles; KILMARNOCK, VA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Wachapreague:
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 52 miles; SALISBURY, MD; Abbreviation: SBY)
- LANGLEY AFB (about 59 miles; HAMPTON, VA; Abbreviation: LFI)
- OCEANA NAS /APOLLO SOUCEK FIELD/ (about 60 miles; VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; Abbreviation: NTU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wachapreague:
- ACCOMACK COUNTY (about 5 miles; MELFA, VA; Abbreviation: MFV)
- TANGIER ISLAND (about 25 miles; TANGIER, VA; Abbreviation: TGI)
- CRISFIELD MUNI (about 30 miles; CRISFIELD, MD; Abbreviation: W41)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Wachapreague:
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 42 miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; Full-time enrollment: 2,940)
- SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles; SALISBURY, MD; Full-time enrollment: 5,645)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; NORFOLK, VA; Full-time enrollment: 13,330)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; HAMPTON, VA; Full-time enrollment: 5,249)
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 62 miles; VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,083)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; Hampton, VA; Full-time enrollment: 3,884)
- NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles; NORFOLK, VA; Full-time enrollment: 5,820)