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Norfolk, VA

232,995 Population
53.3 square miles 4,373.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$36,634 ±$1,911 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $40,188 ±$962
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $47,199 ±$463
$61,090 ±$2,885 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $74,556 ±$1,533
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $85,873 ±$763

17.7% ±2.3% (38,197  ±4,984) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 11.8% 207,962 (±0.6% / ±11,220)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 891,390 (±0.3% / ±26,093)

23.5 minutes ±1.4 (2,750,540  ±182,994) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 25 19,998,350 (±0.4 / ±413,247)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.1 96,342,536 (±0.2 / ±990,994)

Families

94,532 ±2,064 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 716,273 ±4,850
  • Virginia: 3,380,607 ±12,353
2.3 ±0.1 (215,801  ±3,753) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,756,086 (±0 / ±5,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,447,359

5.6% ±1.6% (3,368  ±948) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.4% † 27,657 (±0.7% / ±3,026)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 104,539 (±0.3% / ±5,533)

Housing

103,573 ±1,634 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 773,190 ±2,592
  • Virginia: 3,685,233 ±550

$269,500 ±$8,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $318,300 ±$4,332
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $365,700 ±$3,008

19.6% ±2.4% (44,988  ±5,472.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 15.1% 269,687 (±0.8% / ±14,306.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,150,837 (±0.3% / ±29,312.4)

Social

91.6% ±4% (137,476  ±5,963.9) 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)
32.1% ±2.2% (48,221  ±3,290.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 34.7% 425,562 (±0.8% / ±9,997.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.5% (15,119  ±1,818) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.5% 116,939 (±0.4% / ±6,820)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 12.7% 1,105,028

14.5% ±1.3% (23,272  ±2,173) 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)
23,272 Total veterans ±2,173 17,802 Male ±1,766 5,470 Female ±1,212

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