Tangier, Virginia Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools
Population: 604
Males: 304 (50.3%), Females: 300 (49.7%)
Accomack County
Zip code: 23440
Demographics
Median resident age: 42.7 years
Median household income: $26,607
Median house value: $60,100
Population by Race
Races in Tangier:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.5%)
Ancestries: English (38.7%), United States (15.6%), Scotch-Irish (1.5%), German (1.3%), Irish (1.3%), Polish (1.2%).
Elevation: 3 feet
Land area: 0.2 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Tangier
- High school or higher: 52.3%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 5.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
- Unemployed: 8.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 35.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Tangier town
- Never married: 19.2%
- Now married: 65.6%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 11.1%
- Divorced: 3.2%
0.8% Foreign born
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Tangier:
- EDWARD MCCREADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; CRISFIELD, MD)
- RAPPAHANNOCK GENL HOSP (about 26 miles; KILMARNOCK, VA)
- SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; NASSAWADOX, VA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Tangier:
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 49 miles; SALISBURY, MD; Abbreviation: SBY)
- LANGLEY AFB (about 58 miles; HAMPTON, VA; Abbreviation: LFI)
- NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 60 miles; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; Abbreviation: PHF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Tangier:
- TANGIER ISLAND (about 1 miles; TANGIER, VA; Abbreviation: TGI)
- CRISFIELD MUNI (about 18 miles; CRISFIELD, MD; Abbreviation: W41)
- ACCOMACK COUNTY (about 22 miles; MELFA, VA; Abbreviation: MFV)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Tangier:
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 33 miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; Full-time enrollment: 2,940)
- SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; SALISBURY, MD; Full-time enrollment: 5,645)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; HAMPTON, VA; Full-time enrollment: 5,249)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; Hampton, VA; Full-time enrollment: 3,884)
- CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY (about 63 miles; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; Full-time enrollment: 4,432)
- COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY (about 64 miles; WILLIAMSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 7,133)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; NORFOLK, VA; Full-time enrollment: 13,330)
Public primary/middle school in Tangier:
- TANGIER COMB. (Students: 95; Location: 4375 SCHOOL LN; Grades: KG – 12)