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Chesapeake, VA

242,647 Population
338.5 square miles 716.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$37,420 ±$974 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $35,927 ±$443
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $41,255 ±$272
$81,261 ±$2,200 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $68,454 ±$753
  • a little higher than the amount in Virginia: $76,398 ±$361

7.5% ±0.8% (17,747  ±1,999) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 10.6% 180,578 (±0.4% / ±6,266)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 10% 826,708 (±0.2% / ±14,162)

26.3 minutes ±0.4 (2,922,505  ±67,213) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

86,524 ±728 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 672,053 ±2,310
  • Virginia: 3,184,121 ±7,450
2.8 ±0 (237,533  ±624) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,700,015 (±0 / ±1,768)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,264,926 (±0)

6.2% ±0.9% (3,607  ±526) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.3% 22,543 (±0.3% / ±1,265)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 100,668 (±0.1% / ±2,317)

Housing

91,707 ±241 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 739,434 ±745
  • Virginia: 3,537,788 ±739

$286,000 ±$4,106 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: $253,800 ±$1,731
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $282,800 ±$1,117

14.9% ±1.1% (35,621  ±2,614.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 16.8% 293,463 (±0.4% / ±6,476.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 14.8% 1,243,222 (±0.2% / ±14,246.1)

Social

93.2% ±1.9% (152,194  ±3,037.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 91.9% 1,095,662 (±0.6% / ±7,625.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 90.3% 5,268,348 (±0.3% / ±18,788.5)
34.6% ±1.1% (56,478  ±1,745.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 32.9% 392,165 (±0.4% / ±4,504)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 39.5% 2,304,490 (±0.2% / ±11,733.8)

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

6% ±0.5% (14,546  ±1,116) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.7% 118,428 (±0.2% / ±2,849)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,068,489 (±0.1% / ±9,828)

15.5% ±0.6% (27,280  ±1,138) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 16% 207,174 (±0.2% / ±3,183)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 10.4% 674,242 (±0.1% / ±6,199)
27,280 Total veterans ±1,138 22,335 Male ±989 4,945 Female ±530

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