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Chesapeake, VA

254,997 Population
338.5 square miles 753.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$42,027 ±$2,005 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $43,983 ±$687
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
$89,265 ±$8,093 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $82,402 ±$1,660
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831

11.8% ±2.2% (29,453  ±5,363) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 10% 174,338 (±0.7% / ±11,803)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)

27 minutes ±1.4 (2,895,810  ±196,667) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 25.5 20,413,504 (±0.5 / ±495,459)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 28.3 106,021,490 (±0.2 / ±1,031,213)

Families

95,340 ±1,196 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 717,911 ±5,455
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
2.6 ±0 (250,956  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.4 1,744,522 (±0 / ±4,326)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268

3% ±1.1% (1,813  ±677) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 22,924 (±0.7% / ±3,010)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)

Housing

98,231 ±44 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 774,453 ±2,344
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965

$388,600 ±$13,327 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $363,400 ±$4,200
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411

10.9% ±1.8% (27,657  ±4,555.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.1% 251,401 (±0.8% / ±14,445.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)

Social

94% ±4% (163,827  ±6,907.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 93.2% 1,148,776 (±1.4% / ±17,328.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
34.1% ±2.4% (59,377  ±4,208) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 37% 455,507 (±0.9% / ±10,891.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)

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

6.4% (16,336  ±2,052) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 7.4% 133,030 (±0.4% / ±6,874)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581

17.9% ±1.9% (33,531  ±3,570) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.6% 193,361 (±0.5% / ±6,853)
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
33,531 Total veterans ±3,570 26,887 Male ±2,891 6,644 Female ±1,586

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