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Poquoson, VA

12,556 Population
15.4 square miles 817.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$49,935 ±$3,253 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $42,791 ±$471
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$120,919 ±$10,096 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $80,533 ±$761
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

5.8% ±2.9% (724  ±364) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 10.9% 188,496 (±0.3% / ±5,691)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

26 minutes ±2.6 (147,505  ±17,678) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.8 19,777,904 (±0.2 / ±181,770)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

4,657 ±128 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 701,116 ±2,162
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.7 ±0.1 (12,487  ±5) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,727,050 (±0 / ±661)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

8.4% ±4.9% (226  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.3% 22,560 (±0.3% / ±1,171)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

4,945 ±17 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 758,459 ±422
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$403,000 ±$24,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $318,000 ±$2,137
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

13.7% ±4% (1,699  ±496.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 15% 264,848 (±0.4% / ±6,626.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

97.2% ±6.8% (8,544  ±606.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 92.8% 1,125,268 (±0.7% / ±8,096.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
40.1% ±4.2% (3,523  ±373.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 35.1% 425,782 (±0.4% / ±4,711.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% (497  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.8% 120,493
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

15.9% ±2.5% (1,512  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 15% 195,777 (±0.3% / ±3,322)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
1,512 Total veterans ±236 1,286 Male ±192 226 Female ±121

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