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Norfolk, VA

230,930 Population
53.3 square miles 4,334.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$39,627 ±$2,141 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $42,218 ±$760
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $48,689 ±$443
$62,382 ±$3,738 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $79,325 ±$2,039
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $89,931 ±$970

17.4% ±2.3% (37,176  ±4,878) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 11.5% 198,145 (±0.8% / ±14,067)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 864,394 (±0.3% / ±26,897)

23.2 minutes ±1.1 (2,620,145  ±148,905) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 25.1 19,909,070 (±0.3 / ±393,237)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.5 100,333,640 (±0.2 / ±835,122)

Families

94,056 ±2,313 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 710,613 ±4,922
  • Virginia: 3,402,670 ±10,363
2.3 ±0.1 (214,352  ±1,001) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.4 1,731,917 (±0 / ±5,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,479,742

5.9% ±1.7% (3,552  ±1,004) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.4% † 23,013 (±0.6% / ±2,510)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5.3% 108,261 (±0.3% / ±5,659)

Housing

104,467 ±431 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 767,928 ±2,532
  • Virginia: 3,717,625 ±472

$298,600 ±$14,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $343,700 ±$4,130
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $382,900 ±$2,468

21.8% ±2.8% (49,397  ±6,336.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.5% 256,335 (±0.8% / ±13,424.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13% 1,122,831 (±0.3% / ±25,630.1)

Social

89.2% ±4% (134,179  ±6,034.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 93% 1,137,337 (±1.5% / ±18,585.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,520,872 (±0.6% / ±37,318.4)
33.1% ±2.5% (49,808  ±3,717.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 36.1% 441,237 (±0.9% / ±10,491.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.4% 2,561,362 (±0.4% / ±23,827.5)

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

8% (18,489  ±2,328) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.8% 121,113 (±0.4% / ±6,802)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,163,486

14% ±1.5% (22,787  ±2,403) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 14.2% 185,815 (±0.5% / ±6,258)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.1% 612,622 (±0.2% / ±11,609)
22,787 Total veterans ±2,403 17,133 Male ±1,794 5,654 Female ±1,457

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