Painter is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, home to about 305 people across 0.7 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 23420.
Homes sold for a median of $214 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Part is in Painter, part in Cats Bridge and Savage Town
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Painter. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Norfolk International Airport (ORF)52 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Virginia Beach, VA57 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA171 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Painter; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Painter had 272 residents in the 2020 census, up 11% since 2000.
It’s the 530th largest of 669 towns in Virginia by population.
Accomack County grew from 32,570 residents in 1900 to 33,413 in 2020.
Accomack County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 88°F in summer, and winter lows average 30°F. About 47.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 7 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Painter 2 W, VA weather station (about a mile away).
9,186 jobs at 711 businesses in Accomack County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
4 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Painter.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Specialist doctors | 1 |
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| Dentists | 1 |
| Mental health providers | 2 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Grocery stores
Pharmacies
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Cats Bridge, Savage Town, Mappsburg, Boston and Pungoteague.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.