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Suffolk, VA Urban Area

46,620 Population
23.8 square miles 1,956.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,521 ±$1,656 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,066 ±$4,839 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±2.1% (5,506  ±971) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.2 minutes ±0.7 (586,535  ±29,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,426 ±543 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0 (45,894  ±1,490) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±1.9% (855  ±227) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,648 ±542 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$309,400 ±$10,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.4% ±1.9% (6,173  ±903.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±2.7% (27,822  ±1,179.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28% ±1.9% (8,766  ±651.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.6% ±1% (2,155  ±450) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.5% ±1.4% (4,852  ±483) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,852 Total veterans ±483 3,922 Male ±376 930 Female ±207

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