PlainZIP

Emporia, VA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Emporia, VA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,962. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet EMPORIA-VA · Emporia, VA 1 ZIPs · 16,962 pop · #21407/25278 · Greensville County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $51,168
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21407/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Skippers
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 53% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,962
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $139,300

Nearest income peer: Skippers, VA (+ $82 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Emporia

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Emporia on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Emporia, VA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

15th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,962
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,168
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($51,168 average) · poverty 13.4%. The primary code (23847) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (53.3%) for this income tier, rent $992 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Virginia, Baskerville is the closest lower-income city and Skippers the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Emporia.

Population concentration

Emporia reads through its lone ZIP, 23847

16,962 ACS residents, one ZIP: 23847 is not the leading code inside Emporia, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Emporia's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 291 establishments, 5,042 employees , annual payroll $202,567k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 23847 (291 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (66) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Emporia, VA

These ZIP codes sit in Greensville County, which covers 3 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Emporia. See the Greensville County roll-up →

Every one of the 2 cities sharing Greensville County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Emporia, Jarratt among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Jarratt marks the far end of that range at $61,155, 20% above Emporia.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
23847 16,962 $51,168 291 23
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Emporia roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Emporia, .