City in Virginia
Chesapeake, VA
Independent city in Virginia, United States.
- Population
- 254,997 (2024)
- Density
- 753 / sq mi
- Land area
- 338.5 sq mi
- Water area
- 12.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Founded
- 1963
- Coordinates
- 36.6794, -76.3018
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Climate
- July average high
- 93°F
- January average low
- 34°F
- Annual rainfall
- 48.6 in
- Annual snowfall
- 0.0 in
- 54° 34° Jan 3.4"
- 57° 35° Feb 2.7"
- 63° 41° Mar 3.8"
- 74° 50° Apr 3.5"
- 82° 59° May 4.2"
- 89° 67° Jun 4.6"
- 93° 73° Jul 5.5"
- 90° 70° Aug 5.8"
- 85° 65° Sep 4.5"
- 76° 54° Oct 4.1"
- 65° 44° Nov 3.4"
- 58° 37° Dec 3.3"
NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Fentress Naval Aux Fld (16 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.
Trends
$1,279 / mo$1,523 / mo
$78,640$94,189
$273,700$359,100
8.6%8.7%
4.7%4.9%
Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Chesapeake ranks
- #11 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 71.2
- #20 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 80.0
- #38 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 61.9
- #39 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 55.0
- #45 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 53.3
- #50 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 51.0
- #98 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 12.5
Local facts
- Median household income
- $94,189
- Median rent
- $1,523 / mo
- Median home value
- $359,100
- Median age
- 37.7
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 36.4%
- Poverty rate
- 8.7%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 26.2%
Public schools
Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.
- Public schools
- 50
- Students enrolled
- 40,769
- Students per teacher
- 14.5 : 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 44.7%
- Charter schools
- 0.0%
- School districts serving the city
- 3
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Districts: Chesapeake City Public Schools, Department Of Education State-Operated Educ Prgms, Southeastern Virginia Training Center
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Adults with obesity
- 39.6%
- No leisure-time physical activity
- 22.4%
- Adults with diabetes
- 11.6%
- Adults who smoke
- 12.7%
- Frequent mental distress
- 17.3%
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 39.0%
- Adults without health insurance
- 8.5%
- Routine checkup in past year
- 79.4%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 48.5%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 29.0%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 8.2
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 92.0%
- Households with no internet
- 5.8%
- Average commute
- 25.5 min
- Work from home
- 11.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.6%
- Commute on foot
- 0.9%
- Commute by bike
- 0.1%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Chesapeake city as relatively low overall for natural hazard risk, with 4 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Hurricane: relatively moderate
- Heat wave: relatively moderate
- Riverine flooding: relatively moderate
- Coastal flooding: relatively moderate
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
ZIP codes
- 23320
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