A town of 1,571. A regional job hub with 851 jobs.
The 3 things Exmore does most differently from other towns.
Where Exmore’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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Ordered by what stands out in Exmore. Another town gets a different order.
Most working residents leave Exmore for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia Beach (5%), Norfolk (4%) and Newport News (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.
The typical Exmore home is worth about $210,000, up 2.5% in a year, 49% below the Virginia typical home.
Exmore beats the Virginia average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16.
| What stands out | Exmore | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.8% | 76.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.1% | 11.1% |
The public schools Exmore’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occohannock Elementary | PK–6 | 385 | C− |
| Shore Christian Academy Private | PK–7 | 45 | |
| Broadwater Academy Private | PK–12 | 292 |
Exmore has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 30°, and about 7 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities.
Exmore reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 63% report less.
1.4 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Exmore Town Park | — | 2 |
14 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 2 places on the National Register.
2 places in Exmore on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Virginia, United States
Exmore is the largest town in Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 1,473 at the 2020 census. A popular story is that Exmore received its name because it is the tenth railroad station south of the Delaware state line, so there were "X more" stations to go. The same website also states another theory behind the town's name—that it was named for Exmoor, Devon, in south west England. This theory is more plausible because many towns and counties in Virginia were named for places in England. Northampton County itself was named for Northamptonshire.
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2 towns share a border with Exmore.
