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Virginia Beach city, VA

454,808 Population
244.7 square miles 1,858.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,027 ±$1,501 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,579 ±$3,285 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.6% ±1.2% (34,007  ±5,482) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.8 minutes ±0.9 (5,252,910  ±229,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.3 106,021,490 (±0.2 / ±1,031,213)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

179,761 ±2,290 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (447,658  ±252) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±1.3% (5,860  ±1,451) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

192,239 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$403,200 ±$12,546 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.4% ±1.8% (69,405  ±8,084.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.1% ±2.9% (303,746  ±9,131.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
42.2% ±2% (134,639  ±6,240.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.8% (44,370  ±4,086) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

15.4% ±1% (51,589  ±3,500) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
51,589 Total veterans ±3,500 42,904 Male ±3,107 8,685 Female ±1,449

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