| City: | Ware Neck, Virginia |
| County: | Gloucester County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:48:04 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 686 / 804 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 37.3971, -76.4580 |
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The community has 9 businesses receiving mail here, along with 3 PO Box ZIP+4 records and 4 street-based ZIP+4 records. Most delivery addresses connect to Ware Neck Road, the primary thoroughfare. The post office building itself accounts for 2 ZIP+4 records under the "POSTMASTER" designation. While this isn't a large population center, the mix of PO Box and street delivery suggests a rural community where some residents have carrier service while others rely on boxes at the post office.
Only Ware Neck Road appears in postal records, reflecting a community centered along a single primary thoroughfare rather than a developed street grid.
ZIP Code 23178 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 3 business establishments, employing about 13 people with an annual payroll of $349,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 103Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 3Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $67,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $349,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 13Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 23178 is located in Gloucester County, Virginia, within the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47260) and Virginia's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,782,590 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 23178. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NCSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 47260Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,782,590Source: Census |
| MSA: | Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NCSource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 3684.32 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 23178 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.