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Suffolk city, VA

103,105 Population
399.2 square miles 258.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,601 ±$2,868 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$97,690 ±$8,774 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.1% ±1.8% (6,232  ±1,775) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.2 minutes ±0.4 (1,287,245  ±39,157) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

38,929 ±1,065 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (101,792  ±60) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9.9% ±4.8% (2,393  ±1,163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

42,088 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$373,000 ±$18,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.5% ±2.4% (10,612  ±2,437.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.6% ±5.5% (64,342  ±3,939.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.4% ±3.4% (27,271  ±2,452.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7% (7,189  ±2,116) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

14.9% ±2.1% (11,206  ±1,559) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,206 Total veterans ±1,559 8,925 Male ±1,218 2,281 Female ±799

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