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Chesapeake, VA

253,886 Population
338.5 square miles 750.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$42,655 ±$1,791 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $42,218 ±$760
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$92,633 ±$5,952 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $79,325 ±$2,039
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

11.2% ±2.9% (27,966  ±7,144) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 11.5% 198,145 (±0.8% / ±14,067)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)

26.6 minutes ±1.2 (2,887,315  ±164,816) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 25.1 19,909,070 (±0.3 / ±393,237)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 27.5 100,333,640 (±0.2 / ±835,122)

Families

94,056 ±1,150 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 710,613 ±4,922
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
2.7 ±0 (249,711  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.4 1,731,917 (±0 / ±5,286)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742

4.9% ±1.5% (2,961  ±881) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.4% † 23,013 (±0.6% / ±2,510)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

97,927 ±56 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 767,928 ±2,532
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$380,100 ±$13,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $343,700 ±$4,130
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

10.6% ±1.8% (26,649  ±4,475.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.5% 256,335 (±0.8% / ±13,424.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)

Social

94.5% ±4% (163,219  ±6,888.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 93% 1,137,337 (±1.5% / ±18,585.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
36.6% ±2.4% (63,179  ±4,192.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 36.1% 441,237 (±0.9% / ±10,491.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6% (15,134  ±2,447) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.8% 121,113 (±0.4% / ±6,802)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486

13.1% ±1.5% (24,272  ±2,700) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.2% 185,815 (±0.5% / ±6,258)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
24,272 Total veterans ±2,700 19,195 Male ±1,949 5,077 Female ±1,231

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