Virginia Beach, Virginia demographics

Virginia Beach, VA demographics: median age 37.9; 40.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Virginia Beach city, Virginia · Incorporated city · GEOID 5182000. The survey estimates a population of 456,349 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Virginia Beach is 37.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.2 years. There are 179,851 households (±907). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.9 ±0.2	39.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 456,349
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Under 18	99,859 ±1,576	21.9% MOE unavailable	21.7%	22.0%
18–34	108,669 ±1,034	23.8% MOE unavailable	22.8%	22.8%
35–64	175,306 ±2,214	38.4% MOE unavailable	38.8%	38.0%
65 and older	72,515 ±1,644	15.9% MOE unavailable	16.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 456,349
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Male	223,718 ±132	49.0% MOE unavailable	49.4%	49.5%
Female	232,631 ±132	51.0% MOE unavailable	50.6%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 456,349
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
White alone	277,439 ±1,499	60.8% MOE unavailable	60.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	85,740 ±1,492	18.8% MOE unavailable	18.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,042 ±227	0.2% MOE unavailable	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	33,022 ±1,029	7.2% MOE unavailable	6.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	752 ±266	0.2% MOE unavailable	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	11,800 ±1,222	2.6% MOE unavailable	4.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	46,554 ±2,018	10.2% MOE unavailable	9.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 456,349
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	414,837 MOE unavailable	90.9% MOE unavailable	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	41,512 MOE unavailable	9.1% MOE unavailable	11.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 179,851
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Married-couple family	86,378 ±1,582	48.0% ±0.8 pp	48.7%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	9,840 ±970	5.5% ±0.5 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	23,345 ±1,148	13.0% ±0.6 pp	11.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	47,629 ±1,418	26.5% ±0.8 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	12,659 ±983	7.0% ±0.5 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 179,851
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	56,705 ±1,505	31.5% ±0.8 pp	30.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	123,146 ±1,489	68.5% ±0.8 pp	69.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 179,851
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	47,629 ±1,418	26.5% ±0.8 pp	28.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	64,232 ±1,774	35.7% ±1.0 pp	34.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	30,710 ±1,373	17.1% ±0.8 pp	15.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	23,026 ±1,180	12.8% ±0.7 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	10,219 ±979	5.7% ±0.5 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,494 ±387	1.4% ±0.2 pp	2.1%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,541 ±320	0.9% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 456,349
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Native	414,542 ±1,872	90.8% MOE unavailable	86.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	41,807 ±1,872	9.2% MOE unavailable	13.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 429,896
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
English only	377,381 ±2,259	87.8% ±0.5 pp	82.6%	77.7%
Spanish	18,617 ±1,344	4.3% ±0.3 pp	7.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	2,125 ±427	0.5% ±0.1 pp	0.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	1,299 ±379	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,786 ±415	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	5,561 ±1,175	1.3% ±0.3 pp	2.6%	2.0%
Korean	988 ±390	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	2,430 ±558	0.6% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,792 ±583	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	11,740 ±1,026	2.7% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	4,215 ±967	1.0% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	1.1%
Arabic	546 ±206	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.8%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,416 ±418	0.3% ±0.1 pp	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 317,944
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	16,774 ±1,155	5.3% ±0.4 pp	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	70,103 ±1,977	22.0% ±0.6 pp	23.9%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	68,651 ±2,257	21.6% ±0.7 pp	17.7%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	32,264 ±1,540	10.1% ±0.5 pp	7.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	80,800 ±2,084	25.4% ±0.7 pp	23.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	49,352 ±1,759	15.5% ±0.6 pp	18.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 451,528
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Virginia	U.S.
Same house	383,477 ±3,069	84.9% ±0.7 pp	86.9%	87.7%
Moved within same county	26,613 ±2,229	5.9% ±0.5 pp	4.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	16,133 ±1,893	3.6% ±0.4 pp	4.7%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	21,519 ±1,559	4.8% ±0.3 pp	3.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	3,786 ±731	0.8% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

6.3% of Virginia Beach residents (±0.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.9% in Virginia and 8.4% nationally. 94.4% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Virginia Beach	Virginia	U.S.	Compared with Virginia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.3% ±0.4 pp	6.9%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.4% ±0.5 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	15.7% ±0.5 pp	9.4%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Virginia Beach . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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