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Chesapeake, VA

251,269 Population
338.5 square miles 742.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$39,875 ±$1,414 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $38,367 ±$765
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $43,756 ±$319
$88,815 ±$5,808 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $72,686 ±$1,566
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $80,963 ±$731

7.9% ±1.6% (19,428  ±3,886) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 10.7% 186,171 (±0.7% / ±12,853)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 854,145 (±0.3% / ±27,033)

26.3 minutes ±0.4 (2,922,505  ±67,213) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2020 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.6 20,683,695 (±0.2 / ±190,897)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.6 110,956,265 (±0.1 / ±540,678)

Families

93,849 ±1,160 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 721,212 ±4,937
  • Virginia: 3,331,461 ±10,153
2.6 ±0 (247,053  ±1,475) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.4 1,740,886 (±0 / ±6,748)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,407,497 (±0)

3.3% ±1.4% (2,019  ±828) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 21,150 (±0.7% / ±2,937)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 4.7% 96,332 (±0.3% / ±6,089)

Housing

96,040 ±563 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 768,160 ±2,645
  • Virginia: 3,652,329 ±452

$320,600 ±$13,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $284,800 ±$3,523
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $330,600 ±$2,799

15.8% ±2.8% (39,250  ±6,868.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 15.1% 269,335 (±0.9% / ±15,217.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.7% 1,172,297 (±0.3% / ±28,939.9)

Social

93.6% ±4.1% (157,117  ±7,004.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 93% 1,133,963 (±1.4% / ±17,310.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.4% 5,430,700 (±0.6% / ±36,716.8)
38% ±2.6% (63,837  ±4,440.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 36.1% 440,158 (±0.9% / ±11,261.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41.8% 2,484,460 (±0.4% / ±23,052.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

5.6% ±0.9% (13,933  ±2,259) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.4% 115,895 (±0.3% / ±5,307)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 12.4% 1,070,347 (±0.2% / ±18,913)

14.9% ±1.8% (27,017  ±3,182) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 15.1% 198,889 (±0.4% / ±5,746)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.7% 641,144 (±0.2% / ±11,570)
27,017 Total veterans ±3,182 21,327 Male ±2,522 5,690 Female ±1,495

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