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

1,781,671 Population
3,201.9 square miles 556.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,218 ±$760 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$79,325 ±$2,039 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.5% ±0.8% (198,145  ±14,067) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.1 minutes ±0.3 (19,909,070  ±393,237) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

710,613 ±4,922 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (1,731,917  ±5,286) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.4% ±0.6% (23,013  ±2,510) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

767,928 ±2,532 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$343,700 ±$4,130 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.5% ±0.8% (256,335  ±13,424.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93% ±1.5% (1,137,337  ±18,585.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
36.1% ±0.9% (441,237  ±10,491.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

9.6% ±0.6% (161,335  ±9,612.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

6.8% ±0.4% (121,113  ±6,802) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

14.2% ±0.5% (185,815  ±6,258) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
185,815 Total veterans ±6,258 148,044 Male ±4,557 37,771 Female ±2,944

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