Northumberland County vs Poquoson city

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

Northumberland 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.

Poquoson city has the higher population (12,556 vs 12,085 in Northumberland County). Poquoson city has the higher median household income ($120,919 vs $69,500 in Northumberland County). Poquoson city has the higher median home value ($403,000 vs $333,100 in Northumberland County).

Population, income & housing

	Northumberland County	Poquoson city
Population	12,085	12,556
Median age	59.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,500	$120,919
Median home value	$333,100	$403,000
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,634
Housing units	9,009	4,945
Homeownership rate	89.3%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northumberland County	Poquoson city
Population	12,190 → 12,085 (-0.9%)	12,090 → 12,556 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$62,632 → $69,500 (+11.0%)	$97,118 → $120,919 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$292,600 → $333,100 (+13.8%)	$323,100 → $403,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,053 (+22.7%)	$1,222 → $1,634 (+33.7%)

Northumberland County

Population

12,19012,085

Median household income

$62,632$69,500

Median home value

$292,600$333,100

Median gross rent

$858$1,053

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)

	Northumberland County	Poquoson city
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	20.1%	10.6%
75 and over	17.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northumberland County	Poquoson city
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	88.8%
Black or African American	19.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northumberland County	Poquoson city
No high school diploma	9.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	27.5%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northumberland County	Poquoson city
Drove alone	70.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.6%	11.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northumberland County	Poquoson city
1-unit, detached	87.4%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Northumberland County	Poquoson city
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1989	1977