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23884 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 23884 covers Sussex, Virginia.

Median age
28.310.4 points below the US average
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time

Where 23884 is

Sussex, Virginia — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median age28.3
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 49.9% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss47.5 out of 100
Community resilience31.1 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Drought98.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane84.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather78.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind76.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire75.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail74.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide67.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm62.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake55.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado50.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave49.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning47.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave44.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding38.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Virginia and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPVirginiaUnited States
Median household income$90,974$78,538
Income per person$49,217$43,289
Poverty rate9.9%12.4%
Median home value$360,700$303,400
Median gross rent$1,514$1,348
Homeownership67.2%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher41.5%35%
Unemployment rate4.3%5.2%
Works from home16.2%13.5%
Born outside the US12.9%13.9%
Median age28.338.838.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationSTONY CREEK 2 N, VA US12.9 km away
Rain in a year48 in
Snow in a year4 in

Average high and low by month

January49.2°F / 26.8°F3.38 in rain, 1.9 in snow
February53.1°F / 28.6°F2.83 in rain, 1.4 in snow
March60.7°F / 34.8°F4.27 in rain, 0.5 in snow
April71.4°F / 44.6°F3.4 in rain
May78.4°F / 54.1°F3.93 in rain
June85.6°F / 63.6°F4.51 in rain
July89.6°F / 67.8°F5.16 in rain
August87.3°F / 66°F4.8 in rain
September81.6°F / 59.3°F4.81 in rain
October71.4°F / 46.5°F3.84 in rain
November61.4°F / 36°F3 in rain
December52.8°F / 30.5°F3.67 in rain, 0.5 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Sussex County Public Schools100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability53more vulnerable than 53% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status68more vulnerable than 68% of US census tracts
Household characteristics15more vulnerable than 15% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status70more vulnerable than 70% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport47more vulnerable than 47% of US census tracts
Walkability4.2 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

23897 Yale, VA8.7 km away
23882 Stony Creek, VA14.9 km away
23891 Waverly, VA16.2 km away
23830 Carson, VA19.6 km away
23890 Waverly, VA19.7 km away
23870 Jarratt, VA20.2 km away
23867 Jarratt, VA21.1 km away
23829 Capron, VA21.5 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Sussex County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.37 sq mi
Latitude, longitude36.9151, -77.2791

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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