Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,439, settled in 1881.
Wattsville’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for walkability; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Only 17 of Virginia’s 372 towns score lower on hazard risk. Wattsville's public schools trail 72% of Virginia towns on state tests and graduation. Among 254 Virginia towns, just 9 have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Wattsville. Wattsville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,128 counted in 2010 and 1,341 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Wattsville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2017.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wattsville. Close and well known come first.
35 mi Ancient siteUSS Texas
6 mi National SeashoreAssateague Island National Seashore2.3M visitors a year37 mi Theme parkJolly Roger Amusement Park
2 mi MuseumNASA Visitor Center
35 mi Theme parkTrimper's Rides30 mi Zoo & aquariumSalisbury ZooUSS Texas: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Assateague Island National Seashore: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 · NASA Visitor Center: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Trimper's Rides: Mttbme, CC BY-SA 3.0
Wattsville is unincorporated, so Accomack County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Wattsville.
Most working residents leave Wattsville for work: only 3% work in town. At 19 minutes, Wattsville’s average trip to work is below both the Virginia town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Wattsville’s median household income is $69,000.
| Wattsville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 4.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 76 of 100, Wattsville’s FEMA risk score is above both Virginia’s towns (22 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100).
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wattsville beats the Virginia average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 41% of adults have high blood pressure in Wattsville.
| Wattsville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Wattsville | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.7% | 76.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.8% | 11.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wattsville has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 30° and about 8 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Wattsville; the nearest are
College town 15 of every 100 Wattsville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Coastal flooding makes up 13% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Wattsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in 2010. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,341.
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One town shares a border with Wattsville.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wattsville | — | — | B+ | — | C | C |
| Atlantic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wattsville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wattsville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Atlantic isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wattsville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
