
Virginia · FIPS 51800
Suffolk city ZIP codes — Suffolk city, Virginia
Quick answer
Suffolk city is home to 96,638 residents with a median household income of $90,089 and a median home value of $329,600. 70.4% of households own their home and 9.9% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Suffolk city ZIP code? 7 ZIP code areas fall inside Suffolk city, Virginia, listed in full below.
- Population
- 96,638Suffolk city residents
- Median household income
- $90,089Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $329,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,484Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.4%Owner-occupied households
Suffolk city, VA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Suffolk city is a small city in Virginia, with 96,638 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 38.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Suffolk city earn a median of $90,089 a year, 14.7% above the national figure of $78,538. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Suffolk city is valued at $329,600, 8.6% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,484 a month, 5.5% above the national figure, or roughly $17,808 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.8% 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 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.
ZIP codes in Suffolk city
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Suffolk city.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Virginia
Largest Census places in Virginia by population.
- Virginia Beach city 457,066
- Chesapeake city 251,153
- Arlington CDP 235,463
- Norfolk city 235,037
- Richmond city 227,595
- Newport News city 184,774
- Alexandria city 156,788
- Hampton city 137,334
- Roanoke city 98,677
- Portsmouth city 97,299
- Suffolk city 96,638
- Lynchburg city 79,255
Nearby counties
Other counties in Virginia.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Suffolk city?
- Suffolk city has 96,638 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Suffolk city?
- Median household income in Suffolk city is $90,089 a year, 14.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Suffolk city?
- Median gross rent is $1,484 a month and the median home value is $329,600, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.
- Is Suffolk city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Suffolk city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Suffolk city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.