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Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach city

Independent city in Virginia, United States.

Population
454,808 (2024)
Density
1,858 / sq mi
Land area
244.7 sq mi
Water area
252.8 sq mi
Elevation
23 ft
Founded
1906
Coordinates
36.7795, -76.0291

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Photos of Virginia Beach

  • Pyrus pyrifolia (Shinko) inflorescence1

    PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Pyrus pyrifolia (Shinko) inflorescence3

    PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) mixed pair 1

    PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Blueberry blossoms-young

    PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Pyrus pyrifolia (Shinko) pollinated by Apis mellifera 9

    PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Pyrus pyrifolia (Shinko) pollinated by Apis mellifera 10

    PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Pyrus pyrifolia (Shinko) pollinated by Apis mellifera 11

    PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Pyrus pyrifolia (Shinko) pollinated by Apis mellifera 14

    PumpkinSky · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Climate

July average high
87°F
January average low
32°F
Annual rainfall
46.6 in
Annual snowfall
3.4 in
  1. 50° 32° Jan 3.2"
  2. 53° 33° Feb 2.8"
  3. 59° 39° Mar 3.6"
  4. 69° 48° Apr 3.4"
  5. 76° 56° May 3.7"
  6. 83° 66° Jun 4.2"
  7. 87° 70° Jul 5.8"
  8. 85° 69° Aug 5.1"
  9. 80° 64° Sep 4.6"
  10. 71° 53° Oct 4.2"
  11. 61° 42° Nov 3.1"
  12. 54° 35° Dec 3.3"

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

How Virginia Beach ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$90,685
Median rent
$1,649 / mo
Median home value
$366,300
Median age
37.4
Unemployment
4.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher
40.4%
Poverty rate
8.4%
Renter-occupied homes
35.1%

Public schools

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

Public schools
88
Students enrolled
65,456
Students per teacher
14.8 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
45.4%
Charter schools
1.1%
School districts serving the city
2

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Districts: Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Department Of Education State-Operated Educ Prgms

Health & wellbeing

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

Adults with obesity
36.5%
No leisure-time physical activity
21.7%
Adults with diabetes
11.0%
Adults who smoke
12.3%
Frequent mental distress
17.1%
Sleeping under 7 hours
38.7%
Adults without health insurance
8.4%
Routine checkup in past year
79.0%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
69.3%
Share of city that is parkland
11.4%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
8.6
Median air quality index (county)
34
Unhealthy air days (county)
0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
94.1%
Households with no internet
4.1%
Average commute
23.2 min
Work from home
12.7%
Commute by transit
0.8%
Commute on foot
1.8%
Commute by bike
0.4%

Natural hazard risk

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

  • Heat wave: relatively moderate
  • Hurricane: relatively moderate
  • Lightning: relatively high
  • Earthquake: relatively low

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

  • 23451
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