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Portsmouth, VA

96,793 Population
33.3 square miles 2,906.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$32,741 ±$2,869 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $42,218 ±$760
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$57,109 ±$4,745 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $79,325 ±$2,039
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

18.9% ±4.6% (17,941  ±4,361) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 11.5% 198,145 (±0.8% / ±14,067)
  • nearly double the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)

23 minutes ±0.7 (948,195  ±39,365) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.8 19,777,904 (±0.2 / ±181,770)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

40,661 ±834 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 710,613 ±4,922
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
2.3 ±0.1 (94,824  ±140) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.4 1,731,917 (±0 / ±5,286)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742

4% ±2.7% (932  ±621) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.4% † 23,013 (±0.6% / ±2,510)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

43,369 ±63 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 767,928 ±2,532
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$268,300 ±$10,334 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $343,700 ±$4,130
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

11.4% ±2.7% (10,902  ±2,552.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.5% 256,335 (±0.8% / ±13,424.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)

Social

89.6% ±6.5% (58,908  ±4,291.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 93% 1,137,337 (±1.5% / ±18,585.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
28.3% ±3.8% (18,578  ±2,477.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 36.1% 441,237 (±0.9% / ±10,491.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.5% (3,403  ±1,422) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.8% 121,113 (±0.4% / ±6,802)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486

12.7% ±2.7% (9,001  ±1,928) 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)
9,001 Total veterans ±1,928 7,089 Male ±1,543 1,912 Female ±1,040

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