Eastern Shore
Selling a Mobile Home in Accomack County, Virginia
Accomack County anchors Virginia's Eastern Shore and holds about 4,117 manufactured homes, roughly 18.7% of its 22,052 housing units (U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 to 2023 five-year estimates). Manufactured housing has long been the practical way to own a home on the Shore, from the farm lanes off Route 13 to the waterside communities near Onancock and Chincoteague. The Shore is also one of the few Virginia markets where a home's exposure to salt air and storm weather materially affects condition, so photos matter more here than almost anywhere else.
- Manufactured homes
- 4,117
- Share of housing
- 18.7%
- County seat
- Accomac
What the housing stock looks like here
We see a wide mix: older single-wides on agricultural parcels, homes on small in-town lots in Parksley or Bloxom, seasonal and second homes near Chincoteague, and homes on rented lots. Storm damage, moisture under the home, and skirting or pier issues come up regularly, and none of those things disqualify a home from an offer.
Who contacts us from Accomack County
- Out-of-state heirs who inherited a Shore property and cannot easily travel to it
- Seasonal owners who no longer use a home near Chincoteague or Wachapreague
- Homes with wind, water or moisture damage the owner does not want to repair
- Owners who rent the lot and need the sale to clear with the landowner
Towns and communities we cover
Onancock, Chincoteague, Parksley, Exmore (Northampton line), Tangier, Melfa, Bloxom.
The Eastern Shore is a two-hour-plus drive from Hampton Roads across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which is exactly why our process is built to run on photos, video and a phone call first.