The Virginia Beach–Chesapeake–Norfolk metro has 1.8M residents (per 2024 ACS 5-year Estimates ), a 2024 median household income of $82K, median home value of $341K, median age of 37, and a 36% bachelor's-degree share among adults 25 and older. The analysis below clusters neighborhoods within the metro's urbanized areas, covering 1.3M of those 1.8M residents. The metro straddles Hampton Roads harbor: the eastern Virginia Beach oceanfront and the Chesapeake suburbs lead on wealth and education, while the Peninsula cities of Newport News and Hampton and the Portsmouth waterfront sit at the bottom.
Median home value
The highest values sit on the far eastern edge of the metro. East Virginia Beach tops out at $997K, followed by north Virginia Beach at $668K, a second north Virginia Beach area at $519K, a second east Virginia Beach area at $501K, and the area around Williamsburg at $488K. The lowest values cluster on the Peninsula across the harbor: east Newport News bottoms the metro at $152K, with the area east of Newport News at $215K, west Hampton and the area around Hampton both at $220K, and east Portsmouth at $221K on the Southside. The ≥$500K tier is confined to the Virginia Beach oceanfront; the under-$220K tier covers the Newport News–Hampton Peninsula.
Median household income
North Virginia Beach tops the metro at $170K, followed by east Virginia Beach at $153K, then the Chesapeake suburbs — east Chesapeake at $138K, west Chesapeake at $137K, and the area around Chesapeake at $133K. The lowest incomes match the lowest home values: east Portsmouth at $37K, east Newport News at $37K, west Hampton at $52K, the area south of Norfolk at $58K, and a second east Portsmouth area at $55K. The ≥$120K tier follows the Virginia Beach oceanfront and the Chesapeake suburbs; the under-$60K tier sits on the Peninsula and the Portsmouth waterfront.
Median age
The oldest neighborhoods are the eastern beach and the historic northwest. East Virginia Beach tops the metro at 55, with the Williamsburg area at 50, the area around Chesapeake at 45, east Chesapeake at 44. The youngest neighborhoods cluster around Norfolk, home to Naval Station Norfolk , the world's largest naval base: south Norfolk and the area south of Norfolk both at 31, the area around Norfolk and the area west of Williamsburg both at 32, and west Norfolk at 33. Most of the metro sits in the 32–44 range.
Adults with a bachelor's degree
Education peaks on the Virginia Beach side. East Virginia Beach leads at 73%, with north Virginia Beach at 64%, south Norfolk at 61%, and the Williamsburg area and a second east Virginia Beach area both at 50%. The lowest shares are on the Peninsula and the Portsmouth–Norfolk waterfront: east Newport News at 12%, east Portsmouth at 17%, the area north of Chesapeake and the area south of Norfolk both at 18%, and the area south of Portsmouth at 21%. The ≥50% tier follows the eastern Virginia Beach edge; the under-20% tier covers east Newport News and the inner waterfront.
Where the metrics overlap
The eastern Virginia Beach edge sits at the top of home value, income, age, and education at once — east Virginia Beach leads on home value at $997K, age at 55, and education at 73%, while neighboring north Virginia Beach tops income at $170K. The Peninsula forms the opposite corner: east Newport News bottoms home value at $152K, income at $37K, and education at 12% together, and the Portsmouth waterfront pairs a $37K income with a 17% bachelor's share. Age runs on its own axis — the oldest neighborhoods are the eastern beach and the Williamsburg area, while the youngest ring Norfolk and its naval base.
Key Takeaways
- Across the metro, the median home value is $341K, median household income is $82K, median age is 37, and the bachelor's-degree share is 36%.
- East Virginia Beach tops home value at $997K, age at 55, and education at 73%.
- North Virginia Beach tops income at $170K.
- East Newport News sits at the bottom of home value ($152K), income ($37K), and education (12%) together.
- The youngest neighborhoods fall to a median age of 31 around Norfolk; the oldest reach 55 on the Virginia Beach oceanfront.