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Virginia·Chesapeake County
61 tracts·253K people·$378K median·746/mi²
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Chesapeake is $378,400 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.8× the US median of $458,812.
Chesapeake has 252,583 residents across 61 census tracts and 52 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 37.9; the population is 53.8% White, 28.5% Black, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% Multiracial, 3.8% Asian and 0.9% Other; the average household has 2.6 people; 36.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 9.4% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Hickory Elementary (92%), Butts Road Intermediate (89%) and Grassfield Elementary (88%) lead the elementary schools; Great Bridge Middle (88%), Hickory Middle (87%) and Hugo A. Owens Middle (81%) lead the middle schools; Grassfield High (96%), Hickory High (94%) and Great Bridge High (91%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,586/month, in line with the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Chesapeake is $95,373 a year, 11% above the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Chesapeake, median rent is $1,586/month and the median home value is $378,400 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Chesapeake reported 4.2 violent crimes and 18.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 87°F; winter lows average 35°F; there are 98 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 51 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Chesapeake are landslide (41), earthquake (37) and hail (36), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.09g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Chesapeake, 1% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).