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Machipongo, Virginia.

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What it costs per month · Machipongo $2,164/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,135 (+110%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Virginia $2,164 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Virginia$2,164
  • United States$1,922

Living in Machipongo, Northampton County, Virginia

The Census does not count Machipongo on its own, so the figures here are Northampton County's. Half the county's households earn more than $61,632 a year and half less; 18% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 66% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Northampton County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Northampton County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 12,000 about, in Northampton County: the Census does not count Machipongo on its own
Household income $61,632 the median in Northampton County, give or take $7,281
Unemployment 4.0% Northampton County, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes 66% lived in by their owners; 34% rented

Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Machipongo is a small village on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the long peninsula that lies between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, in Northampton County. Winters are cold here and summers are warm, with July the hottest month and January the coldest. Across Northampton County, many residents are well past middle age, and most homes are lived in by their owners.

Work. Schools, hospitals and social care are among the main kinds of work people do in the county, along with shops, restaurants, hotels and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low and has stayed close to last year's level, though the number of jobs has dipped slightly of late. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, and most people drive to work rather than working from home.

Things to do. The Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve, a protected area, is a short drive away and offers dunes and quiet coastal scenery. Further off, Hog Island is a beach and Kiptopeke State Park is a protected area, both a longer drive away.

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  • 5,437households
  • 52.5median age
  • 32%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What people in Northampton County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Wholesale10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Northampton County had 4,492 jobs in 2025, 1.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 33°; warmest in July, 87° and 72° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 46° 33° F M A M J J 87° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 33°; warmest in July, 87° and 72° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 46° 33° F M A M J J 87° 72° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 72°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Eastville weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Northampton County

  1. Northampton County Public SchoolsSchool district317FTE
  2. Ballard Fish & Oyster CompanyClam production, farm raising299
  3. David's NurseryField nurseries129
  4. New RavennaCut stone products manufacturing92
  5. Food LionGrocery stores81
  6. Sun Outdoors Cape CharlesHotels, seasonal, without casinos75
  7. Food LionGrocery stores68
  8. Weeks MarineDredging35

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 823 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. DroughtRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Northampton County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Northampton County.

Machipongo home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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  • Machipongo12

Zip codes with a Machipongo address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Machipongo — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.