
Virginia · Census place 83568
Wattsville, VA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Wattsville, Virginia (Wattsville, VA — Census place “Wattsville CDP”) is 1,425 residents, ranking #327 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $66,677, the median home is worth $170,500 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Wattsville Virginia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Wattsville, VA: 23337, 23415.
- Population
- 1,425Wattsville CDP residents
- Median household income
- $66,677Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $170,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69.2%Owner-occupied households
Wattsville ZIP codes (Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wattsville.
The Wattsville VA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Wattsville CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.5% of residents and 69.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Wattsville CDP, VA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Wattsville CDP is a small town in Virginia, with 1,425 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #327 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 39.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Wattsville CDP earn a median of $66,677 a year, 15.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 2.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Wattsville CDP is valued at $170,500, 43.8% below the national figure and 41% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
The Census withheld gross rent for Wattsville CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Virginia.
- Basye CDP 1,416
- Brightwood CDP 1,436
- Lyndhurst CDP 1,401
- Benns Church CDP 1,443
- Great Falls Crossing CDP 1,384
- Bowling Green town 1,455
- Hurt town 1,382
- Concord CDP 1,367
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Wattsville CDP?
- Wattsville CDP has 1,425 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #327 of 688 in Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Wattsville CDP?
- Median household income in Wattsville CDP is $66,677 a year, 15.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wattsville CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $170,500.
- Is Wattsville CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wattsville CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Wattsville CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.