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Portsmouth Apartments for Rent

Total population: 100,577 (All urban)

Portsmouth, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 41,605 (38,170 occupied: 22,347 owner occupied, 15,823 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  41%
State:  32%

Housing density: 1255 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $347,958.


Median contract rent in 2007: $692 (lower quartile is $556, upper quartile is $841)


Housing units in Portsmouth with a mortgage: 15,395 (2,088 second mortgage, 1,462 home equity loan, 62 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,733





Portsmouth,VA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $179,300 (it was $81,000 in 2000)
Portsmouth:  $179,300
Virginia:  $262,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $135,400 - $241,100

Median year house/condo built: 1961

Median year apartment built: 1965

Household type by relationship

Households: 95,730
  • In family households: 80,678 (15,703 male householders, 9,925 female householders)
    16,224 spouses, 28,742 children (26,543 natural, 660 adopted, 1,539 stepchildren), 4,142 grandchildren, 1,013 brothers or sisters, 812 parents, 1,868 other relatives, 2,249 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 15,052 (5,775 male householders (4,534 living alone)), 6,734 female householders (5,970 living alone)), 2,543 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 4,835 (1,825 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 10,337 2-persons, 6,802 3-persons, 4,894 4-persons, 2,250 5-persons, 953 6-persons, 392 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,504 1-person, 1,599 2-persons, 294 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 6 6-persons.

11,366 married couples with children.
9,575 single-parent households (1,339 men, 8,236 women).

95.4% of residents of Portsmouth speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,595 (1.6%)
(55.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.2
State:  6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.3
State:  4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Portsmouth, Virginia:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 172
  • 3 rooms: 481
  • 4 rooms: 1,576
  • 5 rooms: 4,829
  • 6 rooms: 6,026
  • 7 rooms: 5,070
  • 8 rooms: 2,607
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,586



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portsmouth, Virginia:
  • 1 room: 259
  • 2 rooms: 977
  • 3 rooms: 2,250
  • 4 rooms: 5,241
  • 5 rooms: 4,088
  • 6 rooms: 1,772
  • 7 rooms: 797
  • 8 rooms: 307
  • 9 or more rooms: 132



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 383
  • 1995 to 1998: 1,411
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,148
  • 1980 to 1989: 4,910
  • 1970 to 1979: 6,364
  • 1960 to 1969: 7,021
  • 1950 to 1959: 8,101
  • 1940 to 1949: 6,940
  • 1939 or earlier: 5,327


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Portsmouth:
  • no bedroom: 60
  • 1 bedroom: 415
  • 2 bedrooms: 5,148
  • 3 bedrooms: 12,294
  • 4 bedrooms: 3,956
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 474



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portsmouth:
  • no bedroom: 394
  • 1 bedroom: 3,219
  • 2 bedrooms: 7,915
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,580
  • 4 bedrooms: 677
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 38



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Portsmouth in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 1,513
  • 1 vehicle: 6,939
  • 2 vehicles: 9,329
  • 3 vehicles: 3,466
  • 4 vehicles: 867
  • 5 or more vehicles: 233



Cars and other vehicles available in Portsmouth in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 4,025
  • 1 vehicle: 7,772
  • 2 vehicles: 3,356
  • 3 vehicles: 545
  • 4 vehicles: 74
  • 5 or more vehicles: 51


Portsmouth, VA house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Portsmouth, VA:

  • Less than $10,000: 34
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 17
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 17
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 19
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 20
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 31
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 51
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 73
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 73
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 128
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 189
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 260
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 501
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 2228
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 4024
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 4085
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 4077
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 3956
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 2229
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 1800
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 499
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 443
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 100
  • $1,000,000 or more: 69
 


Portsmouth rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Portsmouth:

  • Less than $100: 402 people
  • $100 to $149: 201
  • $150 to $199: 268
  • $200 to $249: 269
  • $250 to $299: 203
  • $300 to $349: 277
  • $350 to $399: 328
  • $400 to $449: 458
  • $450 to $499: 622
  • $500 to $549: 879
  • $550 to $599: 1,049
  • $600 to $649: 1,114
  • $650 to $699: 1,197
  • $700 to $749: 1,098
  • $750 to $799: 1,026
  • $800 to $899: 2,230
  • $900 to $999: 1,179
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 809
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 299
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 147
  • $2,000 or more: 61
  • No cash rent: 530
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 219
  • 1990 to 1994: 266
  • 1985 to 1989: 261
  • 1980 to 1984: 127
  • 1975 to 1979: 160
  • 1970 to 1974: 162
  • 1970 to 1974: 87
  • 1965 to 1969: 313

Portsmouth, VA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 45.3%
Number of people working at home: 1,200 (2.7% of all workers)


Portsmouth travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 787
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3957
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 6300
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 8260
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 7455
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 3014
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 7101
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 846
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 922
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 2092
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1065
  • 90 or more minutes: 923
 


Portsmouth mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 31,996 (73%)
  • Carpooled: 6,873 (16%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 1,141 (3%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 9 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 65 (0%)
  • Taxi: 73 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 71 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 263 (1%)
  • Walked: 1,438 (3%)
  • Other means: 780 (2%)
  • Worked at home: 1,200 (3%)
 


Portsmouth, VA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 4633
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 2899
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 3173
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 2985
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 3189
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 2798
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 2658
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 2316
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 2008
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 3412
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 3596
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 2642
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 997
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 316
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 302
  • $200,000 or more: 213
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 46307
 United States or American: 7107
 English: 6313
 Irish: 4146
 German: 4067
 Italian: 1925
 Subsaharan African:: 1160
 Scotch-Irish: 1150
 African: 1027
 Scottish: 839
 French (except Basque): 813
 Polish: 623
 European: 495
 French Canadian: 340
 Norwegian: 336
 Dutch: 325
 Swedish: 282
 British: 275
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 216
 Welsh: 200
 Greek: 173
 Russian: 155
 Jamaican: 147
 Arab:: 138
 Hungarian: 108
 Danish: 99
 Ukrainian: 69
 Portuguese: 68
 Swiss: 62
 Nigerian: 59
 Palestinian: 55
 Croatian: 53
 Austrian: 42
 Lithuanian: 40
 Scandinavian: 38
 Romanian: 37
 Czech: 36
 Pennsylvania German: 33
 Moroccan: 33
 Slovak: 32
 British West Indian: 31
 Armenian: 29
 Northern European: 28
 Other Subsaharan African: 26
 Guyanese: 26
 Slavic: 23
 Belgian: 22
 Kenyan: 22
 Brazilian: 20
 Arab/Arabic: 19
 Finnish: 18
 Israeli: 18
 Haitian: 18
 Syrian: 16
 Lebanese: 15
 Canadian: 14
 Australian: 14
 Czechoslovakian: 13
 Yugoslavian: 13
 Celtic: 12
 Cape Verdean: 11
 Liberian: 9
 West Indian: 8
 Turkish: 8
 Acadian/Cajun: 8
 Zimbabwean: 6
 Iranian: 6
 Barbadian: 6
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 6
 Eastern European: 6
 Serbian: 5


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



  • Philippines (19%)
  • Germany (11%)
  • United Kingdom (5%)
  • Mexico (4%)
  • Vietnam (3%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
  • Panama (3%)


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

  • This state: 64480
  • Northeast: 7644
  • Midwest: 4605
  • South: 18577
  • West: 2703

52% of Portsmouth residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Virginia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 322
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 169
  • 5th and 6th grade: 510
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,245
  • 9th grade: 826
  • 10th grade: 1,501
  • 11th grade: 1,239
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,217
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,698
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,468
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,209
  • Associate degree: 1,834
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,430
  • Master's degree: 836
  • Professional school degree: 453
  • Doctorate degree: 165


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 390
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 243
  • 5th and 6th grade: 602
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,595
  • 9th grade: 1,188
  • 10th grade: 1,707
  • 11th grade: 1,511
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,558
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,021
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,986
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,854
  • Associate degree: 1,997
  • Bachelor's degree: 3,361
  • Master's degree: 1,267
  • Professional school degree: 219
  • Doctorate degree: 64


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.1%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.6%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 11.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 11.8%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 11.9%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.6%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 2.2%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.6%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $50,876
  • Black householders: $37,185
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $34,634
  • Asian householders: $52,804
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $48,351
  • Some other race householders: $33,281
  • Two or more races householders: $48,304
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $36,458

Portsmouth household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Portsmouth household income for Black householders

Portsmouth household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Portsmouth household income for Some other race householders

Portsmouth household income for Two or more races householders

Portsmouth household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Portsmouth marital status for males

Portsmouth marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $191,917
  • Black or African American householders: $158,270
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $200,550
  • Asian householders: $196,344
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $201,214
  • Some other race householders: $188,154
  • Two or more races householders: $177,086
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $195,016

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 26,090
  • One, attached: 3,482
  • Two: 1,706
  • 3 or 4: 3,041
  • 5 to 9: 4,084
  • 10 to 19: 1,221
  • 20 to 49: 586
  • 50 or more: 1,192
  • Mobile homes: 165
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 38

Median worth of mobile homes: $13,587


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Portsmouth:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (73%)
  • Electricity (18%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (52%)
  • Electricity (42%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,368
Here:  11.2%
Virginia:  9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 474
Here:  8.7%
Virginia:  8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 680
Here:  15.0%
Virginia:  20.6%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

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 (Noninst.)


 

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