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Virginia Beach, VA

455,618 Population
244.7 square miles 1,861.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.4 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

$44,287 ±$1,791 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $40,188 ±$962
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $47,199 ±$463
$83,245 ±$2,756 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: $74,556 ±$1,533
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $85,873 ±$763

10% ±1.3% (44,673  ±5,983) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 11.8% 207,962 (±0.6% / ±11,220)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 10.6% 891,390 (±0.3% / ±26,093)

23.1 minutes ±0.5 (4,640,600  ±165,215) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 25 19,998,350 (±0.4 / ±413,247)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.1 96,342,536 (±0.2 / ±990,994)

Families

179,752 ±2,162 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 716,273 ±4,850
  • Virginia: 3,380,607 ±12,353
2.5 ±0 (448,299  ±1,200) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,756,086 (±0 / ±5,602)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,447,359

5.4% ±1.3% (5,927  ±1,375) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.4% † 27,657 (±0.7% / ±3,026)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 104,539 (±0.3% / ±5,533)

Housing

191,169 ±469 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 773,190 ±2,592
  • Virginia: 3,685,233 ±550

$370,300 ±$7,386 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

15.9% ±2% (71,399  ±8,796.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 15.1% 269,687 (±0.8% / ±14,306.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.4% 1,150,837 (±0.3% / ±29,312.4)

Social

94.3% ±3% (299,100  ±9,638.5) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.5% 5,473,007 (±0.6% / ±37,029)
40.3% ±1.9% (127,788  ±5,953.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 34.7% 425,562 (±0.8% / ±9,997.5)
  • a little less than 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

9.4% (42,796  ±3,406) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.5% 116,939 (±0.4% / ±6,820)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 12.7% 1,105,028

14.4% ±0.9% (48,274  ±3,131) 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)
48,274 Total veterans ±3,131 40,627 Male ±2,771 7,647 Female ±1,549

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