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Chesapeake, VA

252,488 Population
338.5 square miles 746 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$43,483 ±$2,427 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $40,188 ±$962
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $47,199 ±$463
$87,749 ±$5,870 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $74,556 ±$1,533
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $85,873 ±$763

8.4% ±1.7% (20,807  ±4,115) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 11.8% 207,962 (±0.6% / ±11,220)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 891,390 (±0.3% / ±26,093)

26.1 minutes ±0.4 (2,913,865  ±70,577) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.7 20,595,336 (±0.2 / ±202,008)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.2 106,607,616 (±0.1 / ±554,577)

Families

95,073 ±958 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 716,273 ±4,850
  • Virginia: 3,380,607 ±12,353
2.6 ±0 (248,402  ±105) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,756,086 (±0 / ±5,602)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 † 8,447,359 (±164.3 / ±-555,555,600)

8.7% ±2.4% (5,278  ±1,436) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.4% † 27,657 (±0.7% / ±3,026)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 104,539 (±0.3% / ±5,533)

Housing

97,286 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 773,190 ±2,592
  • Virginia: 3,685,233 ±550

$365,700 ±$11,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $318,300 ±$4,332
  • about the same as the amount in Virginia: $365,700 ±$3,008

12.5% ±1.9% (31,004  ±4,805.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 15.1% 269,687 (±0.8% / ±14,306.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,150,837 (±0.3% / ±29,312.4)

Social

92.9% ±3.9% (160,017  ±6,802.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 92.4% 1,134,469 (±1.3% / ±17,035.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,473,007 (±0.6% / ±37,029)
35% ±2.2% (60,218  ±3,743.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 34.7% 425,562 (±0.8% / ±9,997.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,522,034 (±0.4% / ±23,232.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

5% ±10,924.6% (12,536  ±2,113) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.5% 116,939 (±0.4% / ±6,820)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 12.7% † 1,105,028 (±814.1% / ±19,402)

14.2% ±1.3% (25,955  ±2,344) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.3% 188,402 (±0.5% / ±6,929)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.2% 614,631 (±0.2% / ±11,748)
25,955 Total veterans ±2,344 20,411 Male ±1,798 5,544 Female ±1,213

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