What is the median home value in Captains Cove, VA?

Name: Home values in Captains Cove, VA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Captains Cove, VA is $267,700 (±$28,275), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Captains Cove, the median home value went from $172,300 in 2015–2019 to $267,700 in 2020–2024 (+55.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $267,700 (±$28,275)
Owner-occupied homes: 694 (±199)
Most common range: $200,000 to $299,999

Home values in Captains Cove

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Captains Cove	Accomack County	Virginia	United States
Less than $50,000	0.0% (±5.6 points)	8.0%	4.0%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.0% (±5.6 points)	9.7%	3.6%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.0% (±5.6 points)	14.3%	4.7%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	15.7% (±10.3 points)	17.3%	6.8%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	51.6% (±11.8 points)	19.4%	17.2%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	24.2% (±10.6 points)	22.1%	29.6%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	8.5% (±8.9 points)	7.7%	26.8%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±5.6 points)	1.7%	7.2%	7.1%

The most common range is $200,000 to $299,999, 51.6% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Captains Cove against Accomack County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Captains Cove	Accomack County	Virginia	United States
Median home value	$267,700 (±$28,275)	$204,300 (±$15,794)	$383,700 (±$1,024)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	694 (±199)	10,319 (±458)	2,266,609 (±13,049)	84,210,142

In Captains Cove, the median home value is higher than in Accomack County ($204,300).

It is also lower than in Virginia ($383,700).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Accomack County, Captains Cove ranks 4 of 15 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 253 of 448.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Captains Cove have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$172,300 (±$17,749)	$267,700 (±$28,275)	+55.4%	Up after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$1,299 (±$109)	$1,610 (±$47)	+23.9%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$951 (±$230)	$1,333 (±$215)	+40.2%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Captains Cove

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Captains Cove
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Captains Cove	—	$267,700 (±$28,275)	—
Chincoteague	5.1 mi	$349,500 (±$25,697)	Higher
Wattsville	5.9 mi	$184,700 (±$16,716)	Lower
Pocomoke City	8.6 mi	$199,000 (±$18,979)	Lower
Hallwood	12 mi	$93,600 (±$16,816)	Lower
Snow Hill	12 mi	$222,900 (±$41,413)	Not measurably different
Bloxom	16 mi	$133,300 (±$44,015)	Lower
Saxis	17 mi	$98,400 (±$51,183)	Lower
Parksley	19 mi	$163,100 (±$17,331)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Wattsville, VA ($184,700), Pocomoke City, MD ($199,000), Hallwood, VA ($93,600).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Chincoteague, VA ($349,500).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Accomack County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1	Chincoteague	$349,500 (±$25,697)
2	Onley	$323,100 (±$33,332)
3	Onancock	$294,400 (±$71,083)
4	Captains Cove	$267,700 (±$28,275)
5	Accomac	$251,500 (±$96,468)
6	Wachapreague	$205,800 (±$21,661)
7	Wattsville	$184,700 (±$16,716)
8	Belle Haven	$183,000 (±$40,711)
9	Melfa	$174,300 (±$39,519)
10	Parksley	$163,100 (±$17,331)

Showing 10 of 15 places in Accomack County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Captains Cove is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Captains Cove

What is the average home value in Captains Cove, VA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $267,700 (±$28,275) for owner-occupied homes in Captains Cove (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Captains Cove gone up?

In Captains Cove, the median home value went from $172,300 in 2015–2019 to $267,700 in 2020–2024 (+55.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Is this what homes in Captains Cove sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Captains Cove CDP, Virginia (place:12915, in state:51).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.