Virginia Beach city, Virginia (VA)

Back to: Virginia, Virginia smaller cities, Virginia smallest towns, All US cities.

County population in 2005: 438,415 (99% urban, 1% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 101,265
Renter-occupied apartments: 53,190

% of renters here:	34%
State:	32%

Land area: 248 sq. mi.
Water area: 249.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 1766 people per square mile

(very high).

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 7.4%

Virginia Beach city:	7.4%
Virginia:	10.0%

(5.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 14.5% for Black residents)

Median age of residents in 2005: 34 years old
(Males: 33 years old, Females: 36 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 37 years old, Black residents: 29 years old, American Indian residents: 34 years old, Asian residents: 38 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 25 years old, Other race residents: 33 years old)

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 75%
Government: 19%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Virginia Beach city, Virginia business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Virginia Beach city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (69.5%)
Black (19.0%)
Hispanic (4.2%)
Filipino (3.4%)
Two or more races (2.7%)
Other race (1.5%)
American Indian (1.0%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	32.7 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 210,524	(49.5%)
Females: 214,733	(50.5%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $29,888
County population in 2003: 436,029
Jobs in 2003: 201,390

Total labor force in 2004: 218,520
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.6%

Average household size:

Virginia Beach city:	2.7 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Median household income in 2005: $58,545
2005 median house value: $231,400
Median contract rent in 2005: $838
Median monthly housing costs in 2005: $1,123
Estimated median household income in 2005: $56,597 ($48,705 in 2000)

This county	$56,597
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $220,163

Virginia Beach city	$220,163
Virginia:	$212,300

Median montly rent in 2000: $734
Institutionalized population: 2,794
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Virginia Beach city in 2000: $1156

Virginia Beach city races chart

Virginia Beach city, VA map from a distance

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 1312 buildings, average cost: $130,200
2001: 1636 buildings, average cost: $123,500
2002: 1896 buildings, average cost: $126,000
2003: 1758 buildings, average cost: $129,400
2004: 971 buildings, average cost: $134,100
2005: 894 buildings, average cost: $144,400
2006: 681 buildings, average cost: $154,100

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,704 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,853 (0.8%)

Area name: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Virginia Beach city is $706 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $811 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1118 a month.

Neighboring counties: Currituck County, North Carolina , Chesapeake city , Norfolk city .

Click to draw/clear county borders

Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	2.6%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 26,275
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 28.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 28,276 (59% naturalized citizens)

Virginia Beach city:	6.6%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 4,795
1990 to 1994: 4,191
1985 to 1989: 3,759
1980 to 1984: 3,565
1975 to 1979: 3,427
1970 to 1974: 2,770
1970 to 1974: 2,223
1965 to 1969: 3,546

Mean travel time to work: 23.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 57.5%

Virginia Beach city marital status for males

Virginia Beach city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 91,655
One, attached: 29,236
Two: 3,461
3 or 4: 8,595
5 to 9: 12,728
10 to 19: 6,091
20 or more: 8,091
Mobile homes: 2,316
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 104

Housing units in Virginia Beach city with a mortgage: 78,972 (11,846 second mortgage, 8,649 home equity loan, 567 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12,770

Agriculture in Virginia Beach city
Average size of farms: 165 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $56168
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $357.05
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 19.98%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 20.14%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $57767
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 76.14%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.82%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $47521
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.95%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 1.52
Corn for grain: 4852 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 3143 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 512 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 13306 harvested acres
Vegetables: 402 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 18 acres

Virginia Beach city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Virginia state average. It is 1.3 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 2 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/8/1962, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado killed one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males in 2005:

Public administration (14%)
Construction (11%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Transportation equipment (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females in 2005:

Health care (15%)
Educational services (14%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)

Most common occupations for males in 2005:

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Computer specialists (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)

Most common occupations for females in 2005:

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Philippines (34%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Vietnam (4%)
Canada (4%)
Germany (3%)
India (3%)
Mexico (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Virginia Beach city:

German (11%)
English (10%)
Irish (10%)
United States or American (9%)
Italian (5%)
Scottish (2%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)

Virginia Beach city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 182,639 (82%)
Carpooled: 24,036 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,544 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 44 (0%)
Railroad: 5 (0%)
Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
Taxi: 52 (0%)
Motorcycle: 273 (0%)
Bicycle: 719 (0%)
Walked: 4,369 (2%)
Other means: 2,796 (1%)
Worked at home: 6,165 (3%)

People in group quarters in Virginia Beach city, Virginia

3301 people in military barracks, etc.
1753 people in nursing homes
979 people in military ships
961 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
338 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
80 people in homes for the mentally retarded
79 people in other group homes
65 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
54 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
33 people in other nonhousehold living situations
13 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
10 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
5 people in religious group quarters
3 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
2 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
2 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $60,676.

11.37% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,959 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.37%
Virginia average:	11.06%

1.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,644 average AGI)
Virginia Beach city: 1.09%
Virginia average: 0.41%

4.46% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($14,255 average AGI)
5.81% relocated from other states ($19,059 average AGI)
Virginia Beach city: 5.81%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Norfolk city, VA	1.84% ($31,192 average AGI)
from Chesapeake city, VA	1.02% ($37,055)
from Portsmouth city, VA	0.26% ($28,405)
from San Diego County, CA	0.24% ($39,386)
from Newport News city, VA	0.17% ($31,044)
from Hampton city, VA	0.17% ($31,979)
from Duval County, FL	0.14% ($34,247)

11.93% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,930 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.93%
Virginia average:	10.78%

0.56% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,564 average AGI)
Virginia Beach city: 0.56%
Virginia average: 0.22%

5.32% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($18,293 average AGI)
6.04% relocated to other states ($20,073 average AGI)
Virginia Beach city: 6.04%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Norfolk city, VA	1.74% ($31,781 average AGI)
to Chesapeake city, VA	1.45% ($45,089)
to Portsmouth city, VA	0.36% ($34,399)
to Suffolk city, VA	0.26% ($55,256)
to San Diego County, CA	0.20% ($41,796)
to Hampton city, VA	0.19% ($34,646)
to Newport News city, VA	0.17% ($34,507)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.7

Births per 1000 population in Virginia Beach city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 5.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Virginia Beach city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Virginia Beach city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 43,060 (37,466 aged, 5,594 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship

Households: 417,559

In family households: 360,656 (86,120 male householders, 26,007 female householders)
88,636 spouses, 132,762 children (120,561 natural, 3,352 adopted, 8,849 stepchildren), 6,280 grandchildren, 2,955 brothers or sisters, 3,008 parents, 6,073 other relatives, 8,815 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 56,903 (20,062 male householders (13,406 living alone)), 22,446 female householders (18,006 living alone)), 14,395 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 7,698 (2,828 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 40,450 2-persons, 28,619 3-persons, 26,285 4-persons, 11,304 5-persons, 4,012 6-persons, 1,457 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 31,412 1-person, 8,873 2-persons, 1,756 3-persons, 368 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

81,225 married couples with children.
25,472 single-parent households (5,067 men, 20,405 women).

89.7% of residents of Virginia Beach city speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $3,873,436,000 ($8801 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,468,265,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,420,257,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $274,952,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $8,782,000
Federal grants: $154,957,000
Federal procurement contracts: $849,552,000 ($794,233,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,164,936,000 ($1,112,671,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,035,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $867,051,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,645,945,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 33,699

Here:	77 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 13,407

Here:	31 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +3,914

Here:	+9 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -10,390

Here:	-24 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Virginia Beach city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.01 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.8
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.5
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2,939
1995 to 1998: 9,366
1990 to 1994: 15,753
1980 to 1989: 52,778
1970 to 1979: 40,369
1960 to 1969: 23,565
1950 to 1959: 12,484
1940 to 1949: 2,986
1939 or earlier: 2,037

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Virginia Beach city, Virginia:

1 room: 24
2 rooms: 429
3 rooms: 2,802
4 rooms: 5,668
5 rooms: 13,786
6 rooms: 21,500
7 rooms: 21,388
8 rooms: 20,731
9 or more rooms: 14,937

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Virginia Beach city, Virginia:

1 room: 1,117
2 rooms: 4,003
3 rooms: 7,414
4 rooms: 13,818
5 rooms: 12,842
6 rooms: 7,682
7 rooms: 3,412
8 rooms: 1,992
9 or more rooms: 910

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Virginia Beach city:

no bedroom: 328
1 bedroom: 1,157
2 bedrooms: 12,780
3 bedrooms: 48,446
4 bedrooms: 31,944
5 or more bedrooms: 6,610

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Virginia Beach city:

no bedroom: 1,453
1 bedroom: 10,419
2 bedrooms: 22,736
3 bedrooms: 14,984
4 bedrooms: 3,174
5 or more bedrooms: 424

Cars and other vehicles available in Virginia Beach city in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 2,428
1 vehicle: 24,085
2 vehicles: 50,172
3 vehicles: 18,386
4 vehicles: 4,765
5 or more vehicles: 1,429

Cars and other vehicles available in Virginia Beach city in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 4,826
1 vehicle: 23,805
2 vehicles: 20,043
3 vehicles: 3,648
4 vehicles: 584
5 or more vehicles: 284

47% of Virginia Beach city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Virginia.

Virginia Beach city:	47.2%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 160369
Northeast: 75584
Midwest: 40341
South: 84634
West: 24953

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $100,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Electricity (51%)
Utility gas (38%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Electricity (71%)
Utility gas (24%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,675

Here:	8.5%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,817

Here:	7.1%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4,069

Here:	19.5%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Back to: Virginia, Virginia smaller cities, Virginia smallest towns, All US cities.

city-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2008 Advameg, Inc.