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Portsmouth, VA ZIP Codes

8 ZIP codes use the postal name Portsmouth, Virginia (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 7 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $48,835 in 23702 to $78,707 in 23703, 1.6 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Portsmouth's most populous ZIP code is 23703, with 25,610 people (ACS 2020-2024); 100% of its land is in the city of Portsmouth.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Portsmouth's ZIP codes?

23701: $62k median household income23702: $49k median household income23703: $79k median household income23704: $50k median household income23707: $49k median household income23708: – median household income23709: – median household income2370323701237042370723702237092370823701: $62k median household income23702: $49k median household income23703: $79k median household income23704: $50k median household income23707: $49k median household income23708: – median household income23709: – median household income2370323701237042370723702237092370823701: $62k median household income23702: $49k median household income23703: $79k median household income23704: $50k median household income23707: $49k median household income23708: – median household income23709: – median household income2370323701237042370723702
The 7 residential ZIP codes named Portsmouth, 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 Portsmouth's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 23703 ($78,707), the lowest in 23702 ($48,835). Home values run from $208,000 in 23702 to $295,900 in 23703.

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

All 7 residential ZIP codes of Portsmouth

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Portsmouth, VA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
23703 Portsmouth city 25,610 1,838 $79k $296k
23701 Portsmouth city 24,298 3,147 $62k $235k
23704 Portsmouth city 19,207 4,249 $50k $230k
23707 Portsmouth city 14,766 3,787 $49k $231k
23702 Portsmouth city 12,485 5,206 $49k $208k
23709 Portsmouth city 510 811 – –
23708 Portsmouth city 269 1,555 – –

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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 Portsmouth

1 ZIP code named Portsmouth 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.

Portsmouth, 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
23705Portsmouth city

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

Which county is Portsmouth?

Portsmouth city (FIPS 51740) is the independent city of Portsmouth, a county-equivalent. They share the same residential ZIP codes, all 7 of them, so PlainZIP lists them once, here.

Which first three digits do Portsmouth'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 Portsmouth starts with 237.

Three-digit prefixes of Portsmouth'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 Portsmouth's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
237 Norfolk, VA (SCF 233) 8 8

All 8 ZIP codes that start with 237 are Portsmouth's: 7 residential codes and 1 PO Box or unique code, sorted at Norfolk, VA (SCF 233).

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