Poquoson, Virginia

Poquoson population, 2020 to 2024

Poquoson added 381 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +241. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Poquoson is 78% of it.

Poquoson covers 15.36 square miles of land and 63.10 of water, for 837 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Poquoson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Poquoson is in

All of Poquoson's residents live in Poquoson city, which had 12,854 residents in 2024. Poquoson holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Poquoson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Poquoson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23662. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Poquoson is

The Census internal point of Poquoson is at 37.128400, -76.303500. Richmond, the capital, is 68.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hampton, VA (137,596 people), 5.6 miles away.

Daylight in Poquoson

At 37.13° N, Poquoson gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Poquoson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Hampton, 5.6 miles away, with 137,596 people.