Poquoson city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 11,858 (95% urban, 5% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 3,502
Renter-occupied apartments: 664

% of renters here:	16%
State:	32%

Land area: 16 sq. mi.
Water area: 62.9 sq. mi.

Population density: 764 people per square mile

(high).

2008 cost of living index in Poquoson city: 89.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.3%), Public administration (12.0%), Manufacturing (11.3%), Retail trade (10.9%), Construction (10.3%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (10.1%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 68%
Government: 25%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
Unpaid family work: 1%

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Races in Poquoson city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (95.5%)
Hispanic (1.1%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
Black (0.7%)
American Indian (0.6%)

Median resident age:	39.5 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 5,789	(50.1%)
Females: 5,777	(49.9%)

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Total labor force in 2004: 6,107
Unemployment rate in 2004: 2.9%

Average household size:

Poquoson city:	2.8 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $77,736 ($60,920 in 1999)

This county:	$77,736
Virginia:	$59,562

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $805 (lower quartile is $696, upper quartile is $1,112)

This county:	$805
State:	$753

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $349,830 (it was $149,800 in 2000)

Poquoson city:	$349,830
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $227,158 - $477,110

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $396,862
Here: $396,862
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $241,933
Here: $241,933
State: $371,438

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $165,339
Here: $165,339
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $13,715
Here: $13,715
State: $37,843

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $2,221
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $403

Institutionalized population: 58

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Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 20 buildings, average cost: $152,700
2001: 50 buildings, average cost: $196,900
2002: 50 buildings, average cost: $198,000
2003: 56 buildings, average cost: $215,500
2004: 65 buildings, average cost: $198,700
2005: 90 buildings, average cost: $238,200
2006: 62 buildings, average cost: $250,500

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,576 (1.1%)

Poquoson city household income distribution in 2007

Poquoson city contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	4.5%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	1.6%
Whole state:	4.3%

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: York County , Hampton city .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	4.7%
Virginia:	7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 527
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 31.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 340 (70% naturalized citizens)

Poquoson city:	2.9%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 37 1990 to 1994: 26 1985 to 1989: 20 1980 to 1984: 51 1975 to 1979: 43 1970 to 1974: 20 1970 to 1974: 29 1965 to 1969: 114

Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 22.0%

Poquoson city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,578
One, attached: 209
Two: 26
3 or 4: 50
5 to 9: 50
10 to 19: 131
20 or more: 24
Mobile homes: 232

Housing units in Poquoson city with a mortgage: 2,456 (337 second mortgage, 262 home equity loan, 23 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 740

Here:	76.8% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 5,685
Total congregations: 9

Adherents

Name	United Methodist Church	Southern Baptist Convention	Catholic Church	Assemblies of God	Other
Adherents	3,234 (56.9%)	1,275 (22.4%)	571 (10.0%)	459 (8.1%)	146 (2.6%)
Congregations	2 (22.2%)	2 (22.2%)	1 (11.1%)	1 (11.1%)	3 (33.3%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Poquoson city - Poquoson

Poquoson city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 89.7 miles away from Poquoson city center
On 3/15/1991 at 06:54:08, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 10.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 94.7 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (16%)
Public administration (15%)
Transportation equipment (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
Health care (3%)
Educational services (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (17%)
Health care (15%)
Public administration (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
Engineers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Computer specialists (4%)
Electricians (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Germany (17%)
Philippines (11%)
Japan (10%)
Korea (10%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Canada (7%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Poquoson city (%):

English (25%)
United States or American (17%)
German (13%)
Irish (10%)
Italian (4%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
European (2%)

Poquoson city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,970 (88%)
Carpooled: 405 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
Walked: 44 (1%)
Other means: 47 (1%)
Worked at home: 178 (3%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

58 people in nursing homes
40 people in other group homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $77,755.

9.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($49,580 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.16%
Virginia average:	11.06%

0.43% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,229 average AGI)
Poquoson city: 0.43%
Virginia average: 0.41%

6.55% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($33,477 average AGI)
2.18% relocated from other states ($13,872 average AGI)
Poquoson city: 2.18%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Newport News city, VA	1.94% ($42,116 average AGI)
from Hampton city, VA	1.87% ($40,602)
from York County, VA	1.37% ($50,902)
from Virginia Beach city, VA	0.32% ($41,143)

9.30% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($47,213 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.30%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.27% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,486 average AGI)
Poquoson city: 0.27%
Virginia average: 0.22%

6.36% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($29,403 average AGI)
2.67% relocated to other states ($16,324 average AGI)
Poquoson city: 2.67%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Newport News city, VA	1.75% ($29,359 average AGI)
to York County, VA	1.30% ($55,828)
to Hampton city, VA	1.30% ($32,672)
to James City County, VA	0.27% ($82,000)
to Gloucester County, VA	0.25% ($43,909)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.0

Births per 1000 population in Poquoson city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.4

Deaths per 1000 population in Poquoson city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Poquoson city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 824 (780 aged, 44 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 973.670
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 778.930

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 43.65
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 50.8

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 16.93
Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 11,469

In family households: 10,515 (2,855 male householders, 529 female householders)
2,933 spouses, 3,660 children (3,319 natural, 114 adopted, 227 stepchildren), 125 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 46 parents, 158 other relatives, 172 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 954 (363 male householders (278 living alone)), 419 female householders (380 living alone)), 172 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 97 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 1,377 2-persons, 824 3-persons, 801 4-persons, 274 5-persons, 90 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 658 1-person, 90 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 7 6-persons.

96.2% of residents of Poquoson city speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $35,056,000 ($2996 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

Population growth in Poquoson city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.1
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	5.1
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 83
1995 to 1998: 177
1990 to 1994: 194
1980 to 1989: 1,136
1970 to 1979: 1,134
1960 to 1969: 629
1950 to 1959: 403
1940 to 1949: 228
1939 or earlier: 316

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Poquoson city, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 7 3 rooms: 32 4 rooms: 166 5 rooms: 347 6 rooms: 726 7 rooms: 781 8 rooms: 662 9+ rooms: 781

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Poquoson city, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 37 3 rooms: 31 4 rooms: 167 5 rooms: 173 6 rooms: 106 7 rooms: 78 8 rooms: 49 9+ rooms: 23

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Poquoson city:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 46 2 bedrooms: 410 3 bedrooms: 1,693 4 bedrooms: 1,098 5+ bedrooms: 255

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Poquoson city:
	no bedroom: 12 1 bedroom: 42 2 bedrooms: 299 3 bedrooms: 223 4 bedrooms: 77 5+ bedrooms: 11

Cars and other vehicles available in Poquoson city in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 68 1 vehicle: 574 2 vehicles: 1,625 3 vehicles: 816 4 vehicles: 319 5+ vehicles: 100

Cars and other vehicles available in Poquoson city in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 50 1 vehicle: 208 2 vehicles: 318 3 vehicles: 82 4 vehicles: 6 5+ vehicles: 0

60% of Poquoson city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Virginia.

Poquoson city:	60.2%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 6610
Northeast: 1076
Midwest: 872
South: 1871
West: 473

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (42.0%) Utility gas (34.9%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20.3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1.7%) Wood (1.1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (45.3%) Utility gas (38.6%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9.3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3.8%) Wood (2.3%) No fuel used (0.8%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57

Here:	3.7%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 94

Here:	11.2%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48

Here:	12.0%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Poquoson city Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

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