Poquoson city, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,015
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 3,502
Renter-occupied apartments: 774 (it was 664 in 2000)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 33% |
Land area: 16 sq. mi.
Water area: 62.9 sq. mi.
Population density: 810 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (23.6%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (15.3%), Manufacturing (12.4%), Retail trade (10.8%), Public administration (10.4%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 73%
- Government: 25%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 2%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 11,01188.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4433.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 3873.1%Two or more races
- 2682.2%Asian alone
- 2241.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 750.6%Some other race alone
- 140.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
| Median resident age: | 42.7 years |
| Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
| Males: 6,321 |  (50.3%) |
| Females: 6,243 |  (49.7%) |
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| Poquoson city: | 2.0 people |
| Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $112,697 ($60,920 in 1999)
| This county: | $112,697 |
| Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $1,392 (lower quartile is $1,141, upper quartile is $1,745)
| This county: | $1392 |
| State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $437,699 (it was $149,800 in 2000)
| Poquoson city: | $437,699 |
| Virginia: | $365,700 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $2,254Detached houses: $458,911
Here: $458,911 State: $472,865 Townhouses or other attached units: $261,432
Here: $261,432 State: $457,437
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $753
Institutionalized population: 51
Health of residents in Poquoson city based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.5. This is about average.73.3% of residents exercised in the past month. This is about average.
43.6% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is about average.
53.2% of adult residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is less than average.
72.5% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is about average.
Average weight of males is 200 pounds. This is more than average.
Average weight of females is 167 pounds. This is more than average.
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,527 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $3,886 (0.9%)
| Poquoson city: | 4.8% |
| Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 42.7 years old
(Males: 41.0 years old, Females: 44.8 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.2 years old, Black residents: 35.6 years old, Asian residents: 46.7 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 33.8 years old, Other race residents: 34.3 years old)
Area name: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Poquoson city is $706 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $811 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1118 a month.
Cities in this county include: Poquoson.
Neighboring counties: Clark County, Nevada 
, Inyo County, California , Cumberland County, Kentucky , Wise County , Pulaski County, Kentucky , Russell County, Kentucky .
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 527
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 96.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 38.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 584 (70.6% naturalized citizens)
| Poquoson city: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1072010 or later
- 1252000 to 2009
- 401990 to 1999
- 711980 to 1989
- 631970 to 1979
- 143Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 100.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,428
- One, attached: 209
- 3 or 4: 132
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 78
- 20 or more: 80
- Mobile homes: 52
Housing units in Poquoson city with a mortgage: 2,740 (411 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 347 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 148
| Here: | 1.3% with mortgage |
| State: | 97.2% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Poquoson city
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Mainline Protestant | 2,848 | 2 |
| Evangelical Protestant | 2,024 | 7 |
| Other | 139 | 1 |
| Catholic | - | - |
| Orthodox | - | - |
| None | 7,139 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
| Poquoson city: | 2.54 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 0.85 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
| Poquoson city: | 1.69 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 9.30 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
| Poquoson city: | 9.5% |
| Virginia: | 9.3% |
| Poquoson city: | 27.0% |
| State: | 26.7% |
Earthquake activity:
Poquoson city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 62% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 101.1 miles away from Poquoson city center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 89.7 miles away from the county center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi) earthquake occurred 103.9 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:18, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 104.6 miles away from the county center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 265.3 miles away from Poquoson city center
On 8/24/2011 at 00:04:36, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 ML) earthquake occurred 102.2 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,200 (68.6%)
- Carpooled: 178 (5.6%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 24 (0.7%)
- Bicycle: 13 (0.4%)
- Walked: 8 (0.2%)
- Worked at home: 866 (27.0%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Other services, except public administration (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Retail trade (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (26%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Other services, except public administration (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Retail trade (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Management occupations (16%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (12%)
- Computer and mathematical occupations (10%)
- Architecture and engineering occupations (9%)
- Production occupations (8%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (6%)
- Transportation occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (17%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (14%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (14%)
- Management occupations (13%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (12%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Personal care and service occupations (5%)
- India (13%)
- Panama (10%)
- Germany (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Poland (6%)
- Zimbabwe (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- English (27%)
- American (17%)
- Irish (9%)
- European (8%)
- German (5%)
- Italian (5%)
- Polish (3%)
58 people in nursing homes
40 people in other group homes
8.89% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($92,949 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 8.89% |
| Virginia average: | 10.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.63% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($70,889 average AGI)
2.26% relocated from other states ($22,060 average AGI)
Poquoson city: 2.26% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Newport News city, VA |  1.75% ($80,259 average AGI) |
| from Hampton city, VA | 1.69% ($107,963) |
| from York County, VA | 0.99% ($102,562) |
8.63% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($79,467 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 8.63% |
| Virginia average: | 10.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.42% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($51,981 average AGI)
2.21% relocated to other states ($27,488 average AGI)
Poquoson city: 2.21% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to York County, VA | 1.32% ($90,203 average AGI) |
| to Newport News city, VA | 1.26% ($64,049) |
| to Hampton city, VA | 0.91% ($45,500) |
| to James City County, VA | 0.58% ($85,321) |
| to Gloucester County, VA | 0.45% ($69,727) |
| to Virginia Beach city, VA | 0.43% ($48,381) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.9
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.2%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,778 (1,632 aged, 146 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 217 (9%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Poquoson city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (81)
- Unspecified dementia (32)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (20)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (20)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (12)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 779
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 44
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 51
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 17
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,564- Male householders: 2,715 (420 living alone), Female householders: 2,065 (339 living alone)
3,326 spouses (3,326 opposite-sex spouses), 213 unmarried partners, (213 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 3,661 children (3,264 natural, 101 adopted, 290 stepchildren), 272 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 77 parents, 0 foster children, 109 other relatives, 70 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 66
Size of family households: 1,727 2-persons, 870 3-persons, 772 4-persons, 395 5-persons, 104 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 759 1-person, 92 2-persons.
2,154 married couples with children.
431 single-parent households (146 men, 285 women).
95.1% of residents of Poquoson city speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $35,056,000 ($2,996 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,711,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $22,650,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $5,508,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $0,000
Federal grants: $2,033,000
Federal procurement contracts: $808,000 ($508,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,056,000 ($4,041,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $9,133,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $11,636,000
Federal Government insurance: $503,468,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 480| Here: | 41 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 478
| Here: | 40 per 1000 residents |
| State: | 40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +27
| Here: | +2 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +18 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +229
| Here: | +19 per 1000 residents |
| State: | +14 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
| Here: | 7.9 |
| State: | 7.0 |
| Here: | 5.1 |
| State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Poquoson city, Virginia
- 02020 or later
- 2462010 to 2019
- 4592000 to 2009
- 5111990 to 1999
- 1,1221980 to 1989
- 1,0661970 to 1979
- 4441960 to 1969
- 2451950 to 1959
- 3991940 to 1949
- 3981939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Poquoson city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 02 rooms
- 03 rooms
- 864 rooms
- 2365 rooms
- 6426 rooms
- 7577 rooms
- 6958 rooms
- 1,5459+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Poquoson city, Virginia
- 861 room
- 02 rooms
- 843 rooms
- 1384 rooms
- 1755 rooms
- 1236 rooms
- 817 rooms
- 878 rooms
- 679+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Poquoson city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 01 bedroom
- 2872 bedrooms
- 1,5723 bedrooms
- 1,5034 bedrooms
- 6035+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Poquoson city, Virginia
- 86no bedroom
- 01 bedroom
- 3572 bedrooms
- 2683 bedrooms
- 1294 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Poquoson city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 46no vehicle
- 5421 vehicle
- 1,8062 vehicles
- 9593 vehicles
- 4264 vehicles
- 1575+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Poquoson city in renter-occupied apartments
- 35no vehicle
- 3561 vehicle
- 3302 vehicles
- 663 vehicles
- 494 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
85.5% of Poquoson city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Virginia.
| Poquoson city: | 85.5% |
| State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6,820
- Other state: 4,860
- Northeast: 1,077
- Midwest: 929
- South: 2,099
- West: 758
- 47.1%Electricity
- 46.6%Utility gas
- 5.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 51.0%Electricity
- 37.8%Utility gas
- 10.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.8%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Virginia: | 13.2% |
| Here: | 14.6% |
| Virginia: | 10.2% |
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Virginia: | 18.7% |
| Most common first names in Poquoson city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| William | 73 | 71.8 years |
| John | 66 | 73.1 years |
| Mary | 65 | 77.2 years |
| Robert | 53 | 70.4 years |
| James | 39 | 72.6 years |
| George | 33 | 74.9 years |
| Edward | 27 | 77.0 years |
| Elizabeth | 26 | 78.2 years |
| Thomas | 24 | 71.7 years |
| Charles | 21 | 76.2 years |
| Most common last names in Poquoson city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Forrest | 87 | 78.6 years |
| Moore | 69 | 77.8 years |
| Holloway | 53 | 75.9 years |
| Insley | 44 | 73.2 years |
| Topping | 31 | 81.3 years |
| Hunt | 30 | 81.6 years |
| Freeman | 28 | 77.9 years |
| Rollins | 26 | 80.8 years |
| Martin | 26 | 77.7 years |
| Firth | 25 | 73.2 years |
| Businesses in Poquoson city, VA | ||||
| Name | Count | Name | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Eleven | 2 | McDonald's | 1 | |
| Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Pizza Hut | 1 | |
| Blockbuster | 1 | Rite Aid | 1 | |
| FedEx | 2 | Subway | 1 | |
| Ford | 1 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
| GNC | 1 | UPS | 1 | |
| KFC | 1 | |||
Poquoson city on our top lists:
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #34 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
- #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
- #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"