What is the population of Poquoson city?

Poquoson city has 12,556 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #107 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Poquoson city?

Median household income in Poquoson city is $120,919 a year, 54% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Poquoson city?

Median gross rent is $1,634 a month and the median home value is $403,000, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.

Is Poquoson city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Poquoson city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Poquoson, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Poquoson, Virginia (Poquoson, VA — Census place “Poquoson city”) is 12,556 residents, ranking #107 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $120,919, the median home is worth $403,000 and median gross rent runs $1,634 a month. Looking for the Poquoson Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Poquoson, VA: 23662.

Population: 12,556Poquoson city residents
Median household income: $120,919Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $403,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,634Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 85.2%Owner-occupied households

Poquoson ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Poquoson.

The Poquoson VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

23662

What the numbers mean in Poquoson city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Poquoson city median would spend about 16.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.8% of residents and 85.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Poquoson city, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Poquoson city is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 12,556 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #107 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 41.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Poquoson city earn a median of $120,919 a year, 54% above the national figure of $78,538 and 46% above the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 5.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Poquoson city is valued at $403,000, 32.8% above the national figure and 38% above the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,634 a month, 16.2% above the national figure, or roughly $19,608 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 85.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Poquoson city?: Poquoson city has 12,556 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #107 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Poquoson city?: Median household income in Poquoson city is $120,919 a year, 54% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Poquoson city?: Median gross rent is $1,634 a month and the median home value is $403,000, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.
Is Poquoson city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Poquoson city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Poquoson city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.