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Petersburg, VA ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name Petersburg, Virginia (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $57,813 in 23803 to $60,807 in 23805 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Petersburg's most populous ZIP code is 23803, with 42,012 people (ACS 2020-2024); 15% of its land is in the city of Petersburg.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Petersburg's ZIP codes?

23803: $58k median household income23805: $61k median household income238032380523803: $58k median household income23805: $61k median household income238032380523803: $58k median household income23805: $61k median household income2380323805
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Petersburg, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Petersburg's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 23805 ($60,807), the lowest in 23803 ($57,813). Home values run from $230,400 in 23803 to $233,400 in 23805.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Petersburg

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Petersburg, VA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
23803 Dinwiddie County 42,012 582 $58k $230k
23805 Prince George County 21,408 299 $61k $233k

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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 Petersburg

1 ZIP code named Petersburg has 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.

Petersburg, VA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
23804Petersburg city

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Petersburg's ZIP codes reach?

Petersburg city (FIPS 51730) is the independent city of Petersburg, a county-equivalent. They share the same residential ZIP codes, all 2 of them, so PlainZIP lists them once, here.

Petersburg's residential ZIP codes lie in 4 counties: Dinwiddie County (1 ZIP code mainly there), Chesterfield County (part of a ZIP code), Petersburg city (part of a ZIP code), Prince George County (1 ZIP code mainly there).

Which places do Petersburg's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Petersburg's residential ZIP codes cover Petersburg itself and 3 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Ettrick census-designated 23803
  • Matoaca census-designated 23803
  • Templeton census-designated 23805

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Petersburg'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 Petersburg starts with 238.

Three-digit prefixes of Petersburg's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Petersburg's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
238 Richmond, VA (SCF 230) 3 59

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.