Moving to Chesapeake, Virginia

About Chesapeake, Virginia
Chesapeake

Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,422, making it the second-most populous city in Virginia, the tenth largest in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 89th-most populous city in the United States.

Chesapeake is included in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. One of the cities in the South Hampton Roads, Chesapeake was organized in 1963 by voter referendums approving the political consolidation of the city of South Norfolk with the remnants of the former Norfolk County, which dated to 1691. (Much of the territory of the county had been annexed by other cities.) Chesapeake is the second-largest city by land area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the 17th-largest in the United States.

Chesapeake is a diverse city in which a few urban areas are located; it also has many square miles of protected farmland, forests, and wetlands, including a substantial portion of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Extending from the rural border with North Carolina to the harbor area of Hampton Roads adjacent to the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Chesapeake is located on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It has miles of waterfront industrial, commercial and residential property. In 2011, Chesapeake was named the 21st best city in the United States by Bloomberg Businessweek. Chesapeake is home to the international headquarters of Dollar Tree.

Gender
Gender Chesapeake Virginia Country
Female 51.1% 50.8% 50.8%
Male 48.9% 49.2% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Chesapeake Virginia Country
Less than $10,000 3.2% 4.8% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 2.4% 3.3% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 5.8% 7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 6% 7.1% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 10.7% 10.8% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 18.3% 16.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 14.5% 12.9% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 20.4% 17.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 10.2% 9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 8.5% 11.6% 8.3%
Education


Education Chesapeake Virginia Country
< 9th Grade 1% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 5% 6% 7.0%
High School or GED 24% 24% 27.0%
Other College 25% 19% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 10% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 22% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 10% 13% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Chesapeake Virginia Country
White 56.4% 61.2% 60.1%
African American 29% 18.7% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 3.3% 6.6% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 4.1% 3.4% 2.8%
Hispanic 6.5% 9.5% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity