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Newport News, VA ZIP Codes
10 ZIP codes use the postal name Newport News, Virginia (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 7 residential and 3 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $42,334 in 23607 to $79,475 in 23602, 1.9 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Newport News's most populous ZIP code is 23608, with 43,641 people (ACS 2020-2024); 100% of its land is in the city of Newport News.
- ACS2020-24
- Census2020
- GeoNames2026
Where are Newport News's ZIP codes?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).
How different are Newport News's ZIP codes?
The highest median household income is in 23602 ($79,475), the lowest in 23607 ($42,334). Home values run from $171,800 in 23607 to $327,200 in 23606.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).
All 7 residential ZIP codes of Newport News
| County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23608 | Newport News city | 43,641 | 4,060 | $71k | $267k |
| 23602 | Newport News city | 42,265 | 3,214 | $80k | $288k |
| 23606 | Newport News city | 29,971 | 3,102 | $73k | $327k |
| 23601 | Newport News city | 26,645 | 3,583 | $71k | $244k |
| 23607 | Newport News city | 23,096 | 3,847 | $42k | $172k |
| 23605 | Newport News city | 13,332 | 3,637 | $54k | $195k |
| 23603 | Newport News city | 3,504 | 504 | $88k | $293k |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Newport News
3 ZIP codes named Newport News have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.
| ZIP | County |
|---|---|
| 23609 | Newport News city |
| 23612 | Newport News city |
| 23628 | Newport News city |
Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.
Which counties do Newport News's ZIP codes reach?
Newport News city (FIPS 51700) is the independent city of Newport News, a county-equivalent. 7 of the 8 residential ZIP codes of Newport News city are among Newport News's 7, listed here (the County column of the table marks them); the other one is 23604 (Fort Eustis).
Newport News's residential ZIP codes lie in 3 counties: Newport News city (7 ZIP codes mainly there), York County (part of a ZIP code), Hampton city (part of a ZIP code).
Which places do Newport News's ZIP codes cover?
A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Newport News's residential ZIP codes cover Newport News itself and 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:
- Hampton 23605
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).
Which first three digits do Newport News's ZIP codes use?
The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Newport News starts with 236.
| Prefix | Sectional center | Here | All codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 236 | Norfolk, VA (SCF 233) | 10 | 30 |
Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.