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Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area

1,796,689 Population
3,201.9 square miles 561.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,983 ±$687 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$82,402 ±$1,660 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10% ±0.7% (174,338  ±11,803) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.5 minutes ±0.5 (20,413,504  ±495,459) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

717,911 ±5,455 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (1,744,522  ±4,326) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±0.7% (22,924  ±3,010) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

774,453 ±2,344 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$363,400 ±$4,200 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.1% ±0.8% (251,401  ±14,445.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.2% ±1.4% (1,148,776  ±17,328.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37% ±0.9% (455,507  ±10,891.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

10.1% ±0.6% (170,374  ±10,427.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

7.4% ±0.4% (133,030  ±6,874) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

14.6% ±0.5% (193,361  ±6,853) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
193,361 Total veterans ±6,853 157,262 Male ±6,209 36,099 Female ±2,942

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