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Portsmouth & Northern Chesapeake Cities PUMA, VA

108,030 Population
40 square miles 2,700.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,307 ±$1,885 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $50,866 ±$378
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,891 ±$7,441 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $92,090 ±$831
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.4% ±3.4% (15,188  ±3,659) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.8% 835,556 (±0.3% / ±26,795)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.7 minutes ±1.8 (1,199,390  ±112,207) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 28.3 106,021,490 (±0.2 / ±1,031,213)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

45,111 ±1,604 Number of households
  • Virginia: 3,449,307 ±12,826
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (105,616  ±3,369) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,575,268
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.7% ±1.4% (742  ±402) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 5.1% 105,908 (±0.3% / ±5,796)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,725 ±1,281 Number of housing units
  • Virginia: 3,746,211 ±965
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$268,200 ±$12,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $403,500 ±$3,411
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.6% ±1.9% (9,289  ±2,024.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 12.5% 1,085,848 (±0.3% / ±28,420.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.8% ±5.6% (65,712  ±4,546.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.7% 5,606,143 (±0.6% / ±39,643.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.1% ±3.4% (20,316  ±2,556.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 43.3% 2,649,382 (±0.4% / ±26,359.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

5.3% ±1.5% (5,364  ±1,499) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 17.4% 1,432,901 (±0.1% / ±11,136.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.1% ±0.9% (3,371  ±971) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.6% 1,193,581
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

14.2% ±2.3% (11,240  ±1,834) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 8.9% 602,994 (±0.2% / ±11,787)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,240 Total veterans ±1,834 8,892 Male ±1,550 2,348 Female ±869

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