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ZIP Code23459

Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach (city) County · Virginia · United States
Home to 1,442 people across 1.676 square miles.

Eastern19 ZIPs in county

At a glance

23459 by the numbers

Every figure below comes from the 2019–2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the Census Gazetteer, or is computed from those. Margins of error are shown where they matter.

Population
1,442
±67 · 39th pctile nationally
Median household income
US median $70,109 ·
Median home value
US median $207,500 ·
Median age
21.9
US median 42 years
Population density
860/mi²
top 25% most dense
Land area
1.676 mi²
plus 0.633 mi² water

Location

Where 23459 is

36.91681, -76.171748 · Census ZCTA internal pointOpen larger map →
Coordinates36.91681, -76.171748
Time zoneAmerica/New_York
CountyVirginia Beach (city) County
StateVirginia (VA)
Land area1.676 mi²
Coordinate sourceCensus ZCTA internal point

Local time

America/New_York

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Distance to major cities

Straight-line, computed from coordinates

Philadelphia, PA216.7 mi
New York, NY287.0 mi
Boston, MA464.0 mi
Atlanta, GA512.0 mi

People

Who lives in 23459

1,442 residents in 0 households, averaging None people per household. The largest age group is 18-24 at 73.0% of residents.

Age distribution

Share of residents by age band

Under 180.0%
18-2473.0%
25-3419.8%
35-447.1%
45-540.0%
55-640.0%
65+0.0%

Households

Composition and size

Total households0
Average household sizeNone
Family householdsNone%
Living aloneNone%
Median age21.9 years

Race & ethnicity

Census race categories. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked separately and overlaps these groups.

White53.2%
Black14.8%
Asian2.8%
Native American1.5%
Other6.8%
Two or more20.9%
Hispanic / Latino30.8%

Income & work

What people earn in 23459

Income data is suppressed for this ZIP code.

Compared to the US

This ZIP against the national median

Median household income
Median household income±—
Per capita income$28,001
Poverty rateNone%
Unemployment rate0.0%
Labor force participation99.3%

Household income distribution

Share of households in each bracket

Educational attainment among residents 25 and older: 32.9% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 100.0% finished high school.

Housing

Homes and rent in 23459

Housing cost data is suppressed for this ZIP code.

Costs

Typical values

Median home value
Median gross rent—/mo
Median year built
Housing units0
Vacancy rateNone%

Own vs. rent

Of 0 occupied units

Owner-occupiedNone%
Renter-occupiedNone%
Owner households0
Renter households0

Building types

Units by structure size

Getting to work

How 23459 commutes

37.2% of workers drove alone, and the average one-way trip takes 12.9 minutes.

Mode of transport

Workers 16 and older

Drove alone37.2%
Carpooled17.8%
Walked34.4%
Worked from home10.2%

Travel time

Mean commute 12.9 minutes

<10 min53.2%
10-1928.9%
20-298.3%
30-448.0%
45-591.1%
60+0.5%

Overview

Understanding ZIP code 23459

ZIP code 23459 is assigned to Virginia Beach, VA, and falls within Virginia Beach (city) County. Like every US postal code, it began as a mail-routing device rather than a geographic boundary — the US Postal Service groups delivery routes under a single code so carriers and sorting equipment can process mail efficiently. Today it also serves as a practical shorthand for the area itself: roughly 1,442 people live inside it.

At 860 residents per square mile spread over 1.676 square miles, 23459 reads as a small-town area. It is a sparsely populated postal code, and density shapes almost everything else on this page — how people get to work, whether they own or rent, and what housing costs.

Living here

What life in Virginia Beach looks like

The population skews notably young, with a median age of 21.9 against 42 nationally.

Getting to work takes 12.9 minutes on average one way. The dominant mode is drove alone at 37.2% of workers, while 34.4% walk, 10.2% work from home. Commute patterns are one of the better proxies for how a place actually functions day to day.

Where to stay

Where to stay in Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach is a smaller community, so options inside 23459 may be limited to a handful of independent inns, motels or bed-and-breakfast properties. Travellers often widen the search to the surrounding area, where the choice is greater and prices are usually competitive.

For reference, Philadelphia, PA is about 216.7 miles away in a straight line, which is worth factoring in if you are comparing a stay here against one closer to the city centre.

Availability and pricing change constantly, so the live search below will give you a more accurate picture than any figure we could publish here. It opens results for this area on Booking.com.

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Practical uses

What ZIP code 23459 is used for

Beyond addressing mail, 23459 does a lot of quiet administrative work. Retailers use it to calculate shipping and sales tax at checkout. Insurers use it to set premiums, since risk profiles vary geographically. Employers and marketers use it to define service areas. Government agencies use it to route benefits and organise reporting. If you have ever been asked for a postal code by a form that clearly does not intend to send you anything, this is why.

For anyone weighing a move, 23459 offers a compact profile of Virginia Beach: 1,442 residents, 32.9% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, and an unemployment rate of 0.0%. A handful of figures like these answer more relocation questions than most neighbourhood guides do.

One caution worth repeating: a postal code is not a neighbourhood. 23459 may cover parts of several distinct areas, and a single neighbourhood in Virginia Beach may be split across more than one code. Boundaries also shift as USPS adjusts delivery routes. Treat the figures here as describing a delivery area, which is what they actually measure.

Nearby

ZIP codes near 23459

The eight closest postal codes by centroid distance, each with its own full profile. You can also browse every Virginia ZIP code or use the ZIP Express Lookup to search by city, county or time zone.

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Questions

Common questions about 23459

What city is ZIP code 23459 in?
23459 serves Virginia Beach, Virginia, in Virginia Beach (city) County, United States.
What is the population of 23459?
About 1,442 people live in ZIP code 23459, according to the US Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. The margin of error on that figure is ±67. That works out to roughly 860 people per square mile.
Is 23459 a good place to live?
That depends on what you're looking for, but here are the facts: 32.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, and the median age is 21.9. The average commute is 12.9 minutes. We publish the numbers and let you weigh them.
What time zone is 23459 in?
23459 observes Eastern Time (America/New_York). This zone observes daylight saving time.
How big is ZIP code 23459?
ZIP code 23459 covers 1.676 square miles of land plus 0.633 square miles of water, per the US Census Bureau's 2023 Gazetteer files.
Is 23459 urban, suburban or rural?
By population density, 23459 reads as a small-town area. It holds 860 people per square mile across 1.676 square miles of land. For reference, densities above 10,000 per square mile generally indicate an urban core, 1,000–3,000 is typically suburban, and under 200 is rural. These are rules of thumb rather than official designations — the Census Bureau classifies urban and rural areas by census block, not by ZIP code.
What is the commute like from 23459?
The average one-way commute from 23459 takes about 12.9 minutes. The most common way to travel is drove alone, used by 37.2% of workers aged 16 and over. Commute figures cover people who were employed and working outside the home during the survey period.
How many people work in 23459?
About 78 residents of 23459 are employed. Labor force participation stands at 99.3% and the unemployment rate is 0.0%. Note this counts residents by where they live, not by where they work — a ZIP with many offices can have far more jobs than employed residents.
Where should I stay when visiting 23459?
Accommodation in and around Virginia Beach, VA ranges with the character of the area. See the 'Where to stay' section on this page for local context, and use the live search there for current availability and pricing.
Does 23459 cover more than one city or county?
This page lists Virginia Beach as the primary place and Virginia Beach (city) County as the county. ZIP codes follow mail delivery routes rather than municipal or county lines, so a single code can straddle boundaries, and USPS also recognises alternate acceptable city names for many codes. If you need the definitive answer for a specific street address, the USPS ZIP Code Lookup is the authority.
Can ZIP code 23459 change?
Yes. USPS adjusts ZIP codes as delivery volumes shift — codes are occasionally split, merged, retired or newly created, and boundaries move more often than most people assume. The Census Bureau's ZCTA definitions, which underpin the demographic figures on this page, are redrawn only once a decade, so the two can drift apart between censuses.

Methodology

Where this data comes from

  • Postal geography — GeoNames open postal code database (CC BY 4.0), cross-checked against the US Census Gazetteer.
  • Demographics, income, housing, commute — US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates, ZIP Code Tabulation Area 23459. Tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B02001, B03003, B08301, B08303, B11001, B15003, B17001, B19001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25024, B25035, B25064, B25077, B28002.
  • Land and water area — US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer Files.
  • Weather — NOAA National Weather Service, fetched live in your browser.
  • Map — OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
On accuracy. ACS figures are survey estimates, not counts. The margin of error shown alongside the population figure means the true value has a 90% chance of falling in that range. For small ZIP codes the error can be large relative to the estimate — treat the direction as more reliable than the exact number. This page reports data for ZCTA 23459, the Census approximation of the USPS delivery area.