Poquoson city, VA

Metropolitan Statistical Area: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
Designated Market Area: Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA-NC
USDA County Type (2015): Recreation/Tourism
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Exurbs

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2022 population: 12,582 ( 432 from 2010 , 127 from 2020)
Land area: 15.4 square miles
Population density: 819.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	11,303	89.83%	0.8%
Black:	217	1.72%	178.2%
Indian:	55	0.44%	61.8%
Asian:	274	2.18%	4.6%
2+ races:	256	2.03%	69.5%
Hispanic:	477	3.79%	115.8%

Total non-White:	1,279	10.17%	70.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	257	10.3
Deaths:	318	12.8
Net Migration:	187	7.5
Net Immigration:	7	0.3

Change in White population:	-95	-0.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	527	4.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
12,150
11,398	93.81%
78	0.64%
34	0.28%
262	2.16%
151	1.24%
221	1.82%
752	6.19%

2000
11,566
11,048	95.52%
78	0.67%
26	0.22%
186	1.61%
101	0.87%
122	1.05%
518	4.48%

1990
11,005
10,734	97.54%
30	0.27%
41	0.37%
154	1.40%
n/a
46	0.42%
271	2.46%

1980
8,726
8,567	98.18%
53	0.61%
0	0.00%
54	0.62%
n/a
52	0.60%
159	1.82%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
812	7.0
839	7.3
300	2.6
8	0.1

350	3.0
234	2.0

Number	Rate
1990's
1,068	9.7
845	7.7
310	2.8
55	0.5

314	2.9
247	2.2

Number	Rate
1980's
1,095	12.5
574	6.6
0	0.0
n/a

2,167	24.8
112	1.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
0	?
n/a

8,567	?
159	?

Age, Family & Household Data for Poquoson city, VA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.4
2,820	22.4%
9,762	77.6%
2,454	19.5%

4,657
2.67

3,838	82.4%
3,331	86.8%
189	4.9%
819	17.6%

2010
Number	Percent
43.5
2,969	24.4%
9,181	75.6%
1,891	15.6%

4,525
2.67

3,582	79.2%
3,041	84.9%
216	6.0%
943	20.8%

2000
Number	Percent
39.3
3,109	26.9%
8,457	73.1%
1,311	11.3%

4,166
2.75

3,384	81.2%
2,928	86.5%
199	5.9%
782	18.8%

1990
Number	Percent
35.2
3,032	27.6%
7,973	72.4%
925	8.4%

3,762
2.90

3,178	84.5%
2,838	89.3%
122	3.8%
584	15.5%

1980
Number	Percent
30.2
2,841	32.6%
5,885	67.4%
592	6.8%

2,743
3.18

2,406	87.7%
2,208	91.8%
90	3.7%
337	12.3%

2022 Housing Data for Poquoson city, VA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	77	1.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	109	2.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	76	1.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	62	1.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	70	1.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	66	1.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	107	2.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	89	1.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	91	2.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	275	5.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	325	7.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	541	11.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	694	14.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	477	10.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	872	18.7%
$200,000 or more	726	15.6%

Median Household Income	114,503
Per Capita Income	47,329

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	105
Compared to U.S.	105

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	175	3.8%
Public Assistance	60	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	90	1.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	5,643	76.4%
Unemployed	90	1.2%
In Armed Forces	198	2.7%

Total Labor Force	5,931	80.3%
Not in Labor Force	1,456	19.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		20.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	2,270	1,578	59.0%
Non-Profit	122	494	19.8%
Self-Employed	192	212	47.5%

Local Government	195	298	39.6%
State Government	153	62	71.2%
Federal Government	428	237	64.4%

Total Private + Self	2,462	1,790	57.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	898	1,091	45.1%
Total	3,360	2,881	53.8%

Pct. Govt.	22.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,331	21.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,268	20.3%
Professional, Technical	1,808	29.0%
Service Occupations	759	12.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	83	1.3%
All others	1,075	17.2%

White Collar		70.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	900	14.4%
Manufacturing	794	12.7%
Retail trade	664	10.6%
Public administration	639	10.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	634	10.2%
Educational services	547	8.8%
Construction	483	7.7%
Other services	314	5.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	287	4.6%
Accommodation and food services	222	3.6%
Wholesale trade	165	2.6%
Transportation and warehousing	163	2.6%
Finance and insurance	154	2.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	83	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	68	1.1%
Utilities	50	0.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	48	0.8%
Information	26	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	175	1.40%
Puerto Rican	82	0.66%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	34	0.27%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	34	0.27%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	12	0.10%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	12	0.10%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	121	0.97%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	75	0.60%
Filipino	58	0.46%
Korean	32	0.26%
Chinese	26	0.21%
Cambodian	18	0.14%
Vietnamese	17	0.14%
Japanese	5	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	11,351	95.4%
Other Asian	118	1.0%
Spanish	107	0.9%
Other Indo-European	98	0.8%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	59	0.5%
Korean	47	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	44	0.4%
German, other Germanic	22	0.2%
Tagalog	17	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	2,414	19.3%
German	1,319	10.6%
Irish	1,235	9.9%
American	1,202	9.6%
Italian	1,025	8.2%
European	747	6.0%
Polish	463	3.7%
French	275	2.2%
Scottish	232	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	149	1.2%
British	137	1.1%
Swedish	98	0.8%
Welsh	96	0.8%
Dutch	91	0.7%
Norwegian	85	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	12,291	98.5%
Not a citizen	188	1.5%

Native	11,903	95.4%
Foreign-born	576	4.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
122	1.4%	214	2.4%	2,391	27.3%	2,657	30.4%	1,809	20.7%	1,554	17.8%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	122	1.4%
9-12 Years	214	2.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	2,391	27.3%
Some College	2,657	30.4%
Bach. Degree	1,809	20.7%
Grad Degree	1,554	17.8%
Average years of education: 14.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	5,848	5,622	226	3.9%	4.4%
1991	5,887	5,693	194	3.3%	5.8%
1992	5,762	5,558	204	3.5%	6.2%
1993	5,931	5,742	189	3.2%	5.2%
1994	5,892	5,701	191	3.2%	4.8%
1995	6,092	5,914	178	2.9%	4.4%
1996	5,982	5,804	178	3.0%	4.3%
1997	6,003	5,830	173	2.9%	3.7%
1998	6,093	5,964	129	2.1%	2.8%
1999	6,143	6,011	132	2.1%	2.7%

2000	5,834	5,727	107	1.8%	2.3%
2001	5,899	5,756	143	2.4%	3.3%
2002	5,996	5,824	172	2.9%	4.4%
2003	6,055	5,853	202	3.3%	4.3%
2004	6,012	5,814	198	3.3%	4.1%
2005	6,173	5,981	192	3.1%	3.8%
2006	6,292	6,132	160	2.5%	3.3%
2007	6,328	6,172	156	2.5%	3.3%
2008	6,390	6,179	211	3.3%	4.3%
2009	6,222	5,893	329	5.3%	6.8%

2010	6,402	6,004	398	6.2%	7.3%
2011	6,360	5,998	362	5.7%	6.6%
2012	6,353	6,016	337	5.3%	5.9%
2013	6,349	6,041	308	4.9%	5.6%
2014	6,321	6,039	282	4.5%	5.1%
2015	6,226	5,988	238	3.8%	4.4%
2016	6,176	5,963	213	3.4%	4.0%
2017	6,298	6,086	212	3.4%	3.7%
2018	6,390	6,222	168	2.6%	2.9%
2019	6,491	6,341	150	2.3%	2.7%

2020	6,249	5,988	261	4.2%	6.2%
2021	6,246	6,071	175	2.8%	3.9%
2022	6,379	6,222	157	2.5%	2.9%
2023	6,553	6,389	164	2.5%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	4,927
Median Value	$406,700

Occupied	4,657	94.5%
Vacant	270	5.5%

Owned	3,822	82.1%
Rented	835	17.9%
Median Rent	$1,584

Single-Family Units	4,557	92.5%
Detached	4,351	88.3%
Attached	206	4.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	182	3.7%
Mobile Homes	54	1.1%

Poquoson city, VA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Poquoson city, VA

2022 Housing Data for Poquoson city, VA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Poquoson city, VA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Poquoson city, VA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Poquoson city, VA

Historical Labor Force Data for Poquoson city, VA