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Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area

1,806,423 Population
3,530.4 square miles 511.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,367 ±$765 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $43,756 ±$319
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$72,686 ±$1,566 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $80,963 ±$731
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

10.7% ±0.7% (186,171  ±12,853) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 10.2% 854,145 (±0.3% / ±27,033)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.2 minutes ±0.3 (19,053,720  ±396,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 26.4 87,504,570 (±0.2 / ±856,570)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

721,212 ±4,937 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,331,461 ±10,153
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (1,740,886  ±6,748) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,407,497 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.9% ±0.7% (21,150  ±2,937) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 4.7% 96,332 (±0.3% / ±6,089)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

768,160 ±2,645 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,652,329 ±452
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$284,800 ±$3,523 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $330,600 ±$2,799
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

15.1% ±0.9% (269,335  ±15,217.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.7% 1,172,297 (±0.3% / ±28,939.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

93% ±1.4% (1,133,963  ±17,310.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.4% 5,430,700 (±0.6% / ±36,716.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
36.1% ±0.9% (440,158  ±11,261.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 41.8% 2,484,460 (±0.4% / ±23,052.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

9.1% ±0.6% (154,123  ±9,911.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 16.5% 1,348,546 (±0.3% / ±21,287.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

6.4% ±0.3% (115,895  ±5,307) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 12.4% 1,070,347 (±0.2% / ±18,913)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

15.1% ±0.4% (198,889  ±5,746) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.7% 641,144 (±0.2% / ±11,570)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
198,889 Total veterans ±5,746 159,609 Male ±4,915 39,280 Female ±2,773

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