Right Now
Active Weather Alerts
3
Small Craft Advisory (statewide feed)
- Small Craft Advisory — Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM; Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM
- Small Craft Advisory — Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM; Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM
- Beach Hazards Statement — Eastern Currituck; Virginia Beach
Population & People
Population
8,356
Median age
52.8
Median household income
$109,153
Poverty rate
5.5%
Unemployment rate
0.8%
Bachelor's degree+
45.6%
Avg. commute
36 min
Hispanic or Latino
9.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Housing & Rent
Median home value
$399,300
Median gross rent
$1,765/mo
Homeownership rate
95.65%
HUD FMR — 2 bedroom
$1,369
HUD Fair Market Rent (Virginia statewide average across 133 areas — not specific to Lake of the Woods), 2026. Efficiency $1137, 1BR $1182, 2BR $1369, 3BR $1789, 4BR $2128. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.
Energy
Virginia commercial electricity
9.55¢/kWh
Virginia industrial electricity
9.45¢/kWh
Virginia residential electricity
15.28¢/kWh
Economy
Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
798447.9
Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
623948.9
All-Transactions House Price Index for Virginia
780.93
Unemployment Rate
3.7%
Source: FRED, Virginia-specific series.