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Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA Urban Area

1,431,821 Population
481.7 square miles 2,972.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,768 ±$875 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$76,871 ±$1,851 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.1% ±1% (168,387  ±14,217) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.8 minutes ±0.3 (15,427,350  ±307,938) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

575,287 ±4,433 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (1,393,439  ±7,901) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±0.6% (17,790  ±2,040) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

617,921 ±2,625 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$335,000 ±$5,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.9% ±0.9% (211,461  ±12,404.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.8% ±1.6% (904,035  ±16,565.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35.8% ±0.9% (348,847  ±9,295.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

10.6% ±0.9% (142,859  ±11,947.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

7.3% ±0.4% (103,765  ±6,158) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

14.3% ±0.6% (149,499  ±5,809) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
149,499 Total veterans ±5,809 117,083 Male ±4,477 32,416 Female ±2,691

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