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City in Virginia

Norfolk, VA

Norfolk city

Population
231,105 (2024)
Density
4,338 / sq mi
Land area
53.3 sq mi
Water area
43.1 sq mi
Coordinates
36.9230, -76.2446

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Photos of Norfolk

  • Shoe box (4)

    Carla Pettigrew Hufstedler · CC BY 2.0

  • Norfolk Police VA (2002)

    dave conner from Inverness,… · CC BY 2.0

  • Norfolk Police VA USA - CHevrolet Caprice

    dave conner from Inverness,… · CC BY 2.0

  • Norfolk Police VA

    dave conner from Inverness,… · CC BY 2.0

  • False Cape IMG 1220 (19452774609)

    Virginia State Parks · CC BY 2.0

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    Virginia State Parks · CC BY 2.0

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    Virginia State Parks · CC BY 2.0

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    Virginia State Parks · CC BY 2.0

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Climate

July average high
89°F
January average low
34°F
Annual rainfall
45.7 in
Annual snowfall
3.0 in
  1. 50° 34° Jan 2.9"
  2. 53° 35° Feb 2.6"
  3. 59° 41° Mar 3.5"
  4. 70° 50° Apr 3.3"
  5. 77° 60° May 3.6"
  6. 84° 68° Jun 4.6"
  7. 89° 73° Jul 5.2"
  8. 86° 72° Aug 5.3"
  9. 81° 67° Sep 5.1"
  10. 72° 56° Oct 3.6"
  11. 61° 45° Nov 3.1"
  12. 54° 38° Dec 2.9"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Norfolk Nas (4 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Norfolk ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$64,017
Median rent
$1,246 / mo
Median home value
$271,900
Median age
32.4
Unemployment
6.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher
32.7%
Poverty rate
17.3%
Renter-occupied homes
54.3%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
54
Students enrolled
27,306
Students per teacher
13.9 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
95.5%
Charter schools
0.0%
School districts serving the city
5

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Districts: Norfolk City Public Schools, Kings Daughters, Department Of Education State-Operated Educ Prgms, Tidewater Regional Alternative Ed Project, Governor's School For The Arts

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
41.7%
No leisure-time physical activity
27.3%
Adults with diabetes
13.7%
Adults who smoke
15.0%
Frequent mental distress
18.5%
Sleeping under 7 hours
41.2%
Adults without health insurance
10.8%
Routine checkup in past year
79.7%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
79.5%
Share of city that is parkland
6.7%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
12.7
Median air quality index (county)
33
Unhealthy air days (county)
0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
87.3%
Households with no internet
9.3%
Average commute
22.9 min
Work from home
8.6%
Commute by transit
2.8%
Commute on foot
5.2%
Commute by bike
0.6%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Norfolk city as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 4 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Hurricane: relatively moderate
  • Heat wave: relatively moderate
  • Lightning: relatively high
  • Coastal flooding: relatively high

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 AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 23502
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  • 23505
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  • 23508
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  • 23510
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