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Virginia Beach

Virginia · 453,737 residents (2025 est.) · 245 sq mi
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Virginia Beach is home to 456,349 people in Virginia. That puts it in the top 2% of US counties for household income. There are 1,865 people per square mile. 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Poverty is uncommon here, at 8.6% of residents. Median household income runs $92,968, well clear of the $82,259 US median.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $92,968, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.9
US median: 38.9
More educated
41% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 73%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Virginia Beach

Among the 133 counties in Virginia

  • 30th in household income$92,968
  • 24th in share with a bachelor's degree40.9%
  • 29th in home value$382,500
  • 25th in diversity score75.3
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
456,349
+7%since 2000
from 425,257 in 2000
453,737 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
1,865 / sq mi
+7%since 2000
from 1,738 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
37.9
+16%since 2000
from 32.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
245 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
386K406K426K446K466K19902000201020202024Virginia Beach
2024456K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.8%(26,453)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.1%(27,838)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.2%(28,487)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 195.9%(26,741)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.3%(28,886)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3415.4%(70,123)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414.3%(65,163)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5411.6%(53,111)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6412.5%(57,032)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.5%(43,225)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844.8%(21,898)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.6%(7,392)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$92,968
+5%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $48,705 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$48,736
+118%since 2000
from $22,365 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
59.5%
+19.7 ptssince 2009
from 39.8% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
8.6%
+2.1 ptssince 2000
from 6.5% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.436
+9%since 2010
from 0.400 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information11%
US avg: 10.8%
Other services8%
US avg: 6.7%
Retail trade6.1%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade5.8%
US avg: 6.9%
Public administration5.4%
US avg: 4.8%
Finance & insurance4.1%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical3.7%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing1.7%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.6%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services0.4%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.2%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$382,500
+73%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $121,500 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,714
+28%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $734 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
65.1%
−0.4 ptssince 2000
from 65.6% in 2000
34.9% rent
Vacancy rate
6.0%
−0.7 ptssince 2009
from 6.7% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.49 people
−5%since 2009
from 2.61 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
25.3%
−9.5 ptssince 2009
from 34.8% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
51.4%
+4.4 ptssince 2009
from 47.0% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.1
−3%since 2009
from 4.2 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
39
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic69.5%(295,402)
Black18.6%(79,092)
Hispanic / Latino4.2%(17,770)
Asian4.8%(20,618)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic58.8%(268,555)
Black18.2%(82,972)
Hispanic / Latino9.1%(41,512)
Asian7.1%(32,184)
Other6.8%(31,126)
Diversity Score
75
+17%since 2009
from 64 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
31
−4%since 2020
from 33 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican2.6%(11,950)
Puerto Rican2.5%(11,336)
South American1.3%(6,053)
Spaniard0.5%(2,352)
Cuban0.4%(1,674)
Honduran0.4%(1,649)
Colombian0.3%(1,326)
Peruvian0.3%(1,234)
Venezuelan0.3%(1,198)
Dominican0.2%(1,069)
Guatemalan0.2%(967)
+ 9 more hispanic origin groups with data
Salvadoran0.2%(939)
Ecuadorian0.2%(730)
Panamanian0.1%(564)
Argentine0.1%(502)
Bolivian0.1%(298)
Nicaraguan0.1%(289)
Chilean0.1%(252)
Paraguayan0%(197)
Asian origin
Filipino4.2%(18,977)
Asian Indian0.9%(4,088)
Chinese0.6%(2,903)
Vietnamese0.5%(2,180)
Korean0.3%(1,370)
Japanese0.2%(719)
Taiwanese0.1%(359)
Bangladeshi0.1%(283)
Pakistani0.1%(237)
Thai0%(206)
Burmese0%(158)
Cambodian0%(144)
+ 8 more asian origin groups with data
Sri Lankan0%(116)
Hmong0%(96)
Laotian0%(92)
Nepalese0%(83)
Kazakh0%(40)
Uzbek0%(40)
Malaysian0%(12)
Pacific Islander origin
Chamorro0.1%(591)
Samoan0%(169)
Guamanian0%(41)
Ancestry
English11.6%(53,070)
German10.9%(49,841)
Irish10.7%(48,607)
American7.4%(33,670)
Italian5.6%(25,517)
Scottish2.3%(10,377)
Polish2.2%(10,136)
French1.9%(8,538)
West Indian1.1%(4,876)
Scotch-Irish1%(4,514)
Norwegian0.8%(3,616)
+ 49 more ancestry groups with data
Dutch0.7%(3,146)
Swedish0.6%(2,639)
Welsh0.6%(2,543)
Greek0.5%(2,324)
Russian0.5%(2,239)
British0.5%(2,184)
French Canadian0.5%(2,102)
Jamaican0.4%(1,821)
Arab0.3%(1,365)
Portuguese0.3%(1,356)
Ukrainian0.3%(1,349)
Hungarian0.3%(1,270)
Czech0.3%(1,173)
Nigerian0.3%(1,146)
Danish0.2%(1,101)
Turkish0.2%(1,003)
Canadian0.2%(980)
Haitian0.2%(942)
Austrian0.2%(844)
Swiss0.2%(771)
Slovak0.2%(756)
Lithuanian0.1%(677)
Lebanese0.1%(577)
Iranian0.1%(516)
Ghanaian0.1%(450)
Finnish0.1%(436)
Brazilian0.1%(372)
Belgian0.1%(350)
Romanian0.1%(315)
Armenian0.1%(291)
Ethiopian0.1%(280)
Barbadian0.1%(270)
Bulgarian0%(183)
Moroccan0%(164)
Serbian0%(150)
Egyptian0%(137)
Guyanese0%(134)
Croatian0%(129)
Syrian0%(109)
Israeli0%(107)
Latvian0%(78)
Kenyan0%(73)
Slovene0%(72)
Iraqi0%(13)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
40.9%
+12.8 ptssince 2000
from 28.1% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
94.7%
+4.3 ptssince 2000
from 90.4% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
15.5%
+6.6 ptssince 2000
from 8.9% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
23.4 min
+61%since 2000
from 14.6 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
74.0%
−7.4 ptssince 2009
from 81.4% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
7.4%
−2.1 ptssince 2009
from 9.5% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.8%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.9% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
14.3%
+10.5 ptssince 2009
from 3.9% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.6%
−1.0 ptssince 2009
from 2.6% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.4%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 0.6% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
4.6%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 3.6% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.0%
−1.9 ptssince 2011
from 5.8% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
68.5%
−3.7 ptssince 2011
from 72.1% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
77.0%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 77.3% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
13.1%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 13.2% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
47.5%
+9.5 ptssince 2009
from 38.0% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.0%
+0.1 ptssince 2009
from 49.0% in 2009
Female
51.0%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 51.0% in 2009
Foreign born
9.2%
+0.6 ptssince 2009
from 8.6% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
15.7%
−4.4 ptssince 2009
from 20.1% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
12.1%
+2.4 ptssince 2012
from 9.7% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
6.3%
−4.1 ptssince 2013
from 10.4% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
94.4%
+7.8 ptssince 2017
from 86.6% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.3%
+1.6 ptssince 2020
from 95.7% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
84.9%
+1.9 ptssince 2020
from 83.0% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
87.8%
−0.2 ptssince 2016
from 87.9% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
4.3%
−0.1 ptssince 2016
from 4.4% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married35%(63,337)
Married54%(97,861)
Widowed2.6%(4,702)
Divorced8.5%(15,317)
Women 15+
Never married28.7%(55,276)
Married49.6%(95,360)
Widowed7.4%(14,175)
Divorced14.3%(27,543)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
6.3%
−4.1 ptssince 2013
from 10.4% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
52.9%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 53.2% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
12.2%
−1.5 ptssince 2020
from 13.7% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
17.6%
+1.7 ptssince 2020
from 15.9% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
13.5%
+4.0 ptssince 2020
from 9.5% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
4.8%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 4.4% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
76.9%
−3.5 ptssince 2020
from 80.4% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
32.2%
+5.5 ptssince 2020
from 26.7% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)46.1%(24,186)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)45.9%(24,095)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23.3%(12,227)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.2%(1,146)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.4%(211)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 52,520 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Virginia Beach, decade by decade

Virginia Beach population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990393,069$87,053$230,40725.5%44.8
2000425,257$88,724$221,33128.1%59.7
2010437,994$92,958$399,06031.9%67.3
2020459,470$94,704$348,34037.3%75.9
2024456,349$92,968$382,50040.9%75.3

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Virginia Beach, Virginia?

Virginia Beach, Virginia has about 456,349 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Virginia Beach, Virginia?

The typical household in Virginia Beach, Virginia earns about $92,968 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Virginia Beach, Virginia expensive?

In Virginia Beach, Virginia, the median home is worth about $382,500, and the typical rent is about $1,714 a month.

How educated are people in Virginia Beach, Virginia?

About 40.9% of adults age 25 and over in Virginia Beach, Virginia hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Virginia Beach, Virginia?

About 8.6% of people in Virginia Beach, Virginia live below the federal poverty line.

Has Virginia Beach, Virginia grown since 1990?

Yes, Virginia Beach, Virginia has grown since 1990. The population has added about 63,280 residents, a change of about 16 percent over that period.

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