Suffolk, Virginia

Suffolk population, 2020 to 2024

Suffolk added 8,311 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.8%. In the latest year it moved by +2,055. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Suffolk is 6.2 times that size.

Suffolk covers 399.17 square miles of land and 29.74 of water, for 258 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Suffolk is less dense than the typical town.

What county Suffolk is in

All of Suffolk's residents live in Suffolk city, which had 103,105 residents in 2024. Suffolk 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 Suffolk

7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Suffolk by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23432, 23433, 23434, 23435, 23436, 23437, 23438. 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 Suffolk is

The Census internal point of Suffolk is at 36.697200, -76.634800. Richmond, the capital, is 72.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chesapeake, VA (254,997 people), 18.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 29 m (95 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Suffolk

At 36.70° N, Suffolk gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Suffolk daylight page.

Places near Suffolk

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Windsor, 9.7 miles away, with 2,920 people.