Amelia County vs Poquoson city

A side-by-side comparison of Amelia County and Poquoson city: population, income, housing, and more.

Amelia County and Poquoson city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amelia County has the higher population (13,342 vs 12,556 in Poquoson city). Poquoson city has the higher median household income ($120,919 vs $66,339 in Amelia County). Poquoson city has the higher median home value ($403,000 vs $239,700 in Amelia County).

Population, income & housing

	Amelia County	Poquoson city
Population	13,342	12,556
Median age	44.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,339	$120,919
Median home value	$239,700	$403,000
Median gross rent	$972	$1,634
Housing units	5,770	4,945
Homeownership rate	81.2%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amelia County	Poquoson city
Population	12,953 → 13,342 (+3.0%)	12,090 → 12,556 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$57,946 → $66,339 (+14.5%)	$97,118 → $120,919 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $239,700 (+19.0%)	$323,100 → $403,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $972 (+17.7%)	$1,222 → $1,634 (+33.7%)

Amelia County

Population

12,95313,342

Median household income

$57,946$66,339

Median home value

$201,400$239,700

Median gross rent

$826$972

Poquoson city

Population

12,09012,556

Median household income

$97,118$120,919

Median home value

$323,100$403,000

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amelia County	Poquoson city
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.6%
75 and over	9.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amelia County	Poquoson city
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	88.8%
Black or African American	20.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amelia County	Poquoson city
No high school diploma	14.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	44.2%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amelia County	Poquoson city
Drove alone	81.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.4%	11.8%
Other means	2.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amelia County	Poquoson city
1-unit, detached	78.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Amelia County	Poquoson city
Poverty rate	11.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	40	26
Median year structure built	1992	1977