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Suffolk, VA

100,659 Population
399.2 square miles 252.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than 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

$41,265 ±$2,530 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $42,218 ±$760
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$81,154 ±$8,783 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $79,325 ±$2,039
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

11.5% ±3.4% (11,448  ±3,343) 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)

29.9 minutes ±0.5 (1,269,235  ±39,235) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.8 19,777,904 (±0.2 / ±181,770)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

39,203 ±804 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 710,613 ±4,922
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
2.6 ±0.1 (100,017  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.4 1,731,917 (±0 / ±5,286)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742

7.8% ±3.3% (1,808  ±777) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.4% † 23,013 (±0.6% / ±2,510)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

41,452 ±88 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 767,928 ±2,532
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$352,000 ±$15,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $343,700 ±$4,130
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

13.8% ±3.4% (13,750  ±3,397.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.5% 256,335 (±0.8% / ±13,424.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)

Social

91.4% ±5.8% (64,051  ±4,170.5) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
35.9% ±3.6% (25,174  ±2,547.7) 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 80 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

5.7% (5,764  ±1,441) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.8% 121,113 (±0.4% / ±6,802)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486

13% ±2% (9,513  ±1,448) 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)
9,513 Total veterans ±1,448 7,329 Male ±1,170 2,184 Female ±749

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