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Prince George County · Virginia

ZIP code 23801

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 23801 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
8,318

ZCTA residents

Median income
$81,105

Household, past 12 months

Median home
—

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
4.3%

Virginia state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 23801 sits in Prince George County, Virginia and is home to 8,318 people. Median household income is $81,105, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is $1,813. 2.3% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 4.3% (Virginia state rate).

County
Prince George County

FIPS 51149

State
Virginia (VA)

903 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 23801

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
8,318ZIP 23801 residents
Median household income
$81,105Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
—Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,813Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
21 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
2.3%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 23801 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 23801 is a mid-size town in Prince George County, Virginia, with 8,318 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #271 of 903 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 21 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 ZIP 23801 earn a median of $81,105 a year, 3.3% above the national figure of $78,538. 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 2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 23801 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $1,813 a month, 28.9% above the national figure, or roughly $21,756 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. 2.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 21 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

The Census withheld home value for ZIP 23801 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 23801 in context

How 23801 sits inside Prince George County and Virginia.

ZIP 23801 is tabulated inside Prince George County, Virginia, one of 5 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 903 across Virginia. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 23801 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 23801 reports a median household income of $81,105, 6% above the $76,596 county median, and 12% above the $72,517 typical VA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,813 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, and local governments overlapping 23801 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 23801 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 23801

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
4.3%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$4Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$43Before any exemptions

Virginia levies 4.3% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
27%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
—Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
—20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
2%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 23801 compares

ZIP 23801 against the median ZIP in Prince George County and across Virginia.

MeasureZIP 23801County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$81,105$76,596$72,517+12%
Median home value—$231,200$255,900—
Median gross rent$1,813$1,207$1,108+64%
Population8,31812,8962,686+210%

Medians are computed across the 5 ZIP areas in Prince George County and the 903 ZIP areas in Virginia.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 903 Virginia ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 58% of 801 state ZIPs

#333
Home value

Not published

—
Population

larger than 70% of 903 state ZIPs

#271

Comparable ZIP codes

Virginia ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
24477Augusta County$81,188$260,900$1,107
23047Hanover County$81,203$419,200$1,180
22578Lancaster County$80,938$482,700$1,096
22645Frederick County$81,354$389,100$1,018
23850Dinwiddie County$80,809$260,100—
22734Fauquier County$81,545$361,400$1,387

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Prince George County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Prince George County, Virginia.

ZIP 23801 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 23801?
ZIP 23801 lies mostly in Prince George County, Virginia. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 23801?
Virginia charges 4.3% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 23801 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,813 a month, about 27% of median household income, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Virginia ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23801, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.