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Virginia Beach, VA
454,808 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5182000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Virginia Beach ranked #139 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Virginia Beach and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Chesapeake VA, Arlington TX, Scottsdale AZ, Charlotte NC, Aurora CO, Raleigh NC, Mesa AZ, Overland Park KS, Colorado Springs CO, Plano TX, Riverside CA, Las Vegas NV, Nashville TN · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #139 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #135 | #230 | #148 | #181 | #248 | #66 | #121 | #213 | #117 | #141 | #164 | #128 | #133 | #147 | #168 | #164 | #102 | #154 | #139 | #91 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 436,210 | 437,739 | 434,732 | 433,331 | 435,004 | 438,859 | 442,583 | 445,044 | 447,706 | 448,864 | 450,304 | 450,983 | 449,896 | 449,849 | 449,974 | 459,673 | 458,599 | 454,886 | 453,779 | 454,808 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #209 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -1.1 | -1.3 | -1.7 | -1.5 | -0.5 | — | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -1.1 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -1.3 | -0.9 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #197 of 271 cities with data · 12th of 12 in its peer group with data | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #98 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 19.9% | 19.9% | 21.0% | 20.7% | 23.3% | 22.4% | 22.0% | 23.6% | 23.2% | 21.0% | 22.4% | 21.6% | 21.8% | 20.9% | 20.7% | — | 21.0% | 22.4% | 22.4% | 22.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #107 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #8 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 18.3 | 12.8 | 16.1 | 13.4 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 6.6 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 167,784 | 167,234 | 174,801 | 172,994 | 157,588 | 165,455 | 169,634 | 160,990 | 169,839 | 171,066 | 175,045 | 179,050 | 180,843 | 182,736 | 180,169 | 172,409 | 168,149 | 175,200 | 180,420 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #119 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +1.0 | -2.8 | +1.1 | -0.0 | -6.4 | +6.0 | -0.5 | -2.6 | +2.7 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.7 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -1.4 | +0.6 | -0.3 | -0.8 | +0.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 213,433 | 212,316 | 218,881 | 217,407 | 217,289 | 224,753 | 224,890 | 219,659 | 225,697 | — | 221,892 | 217,811 | 219,016 | 220,599 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #25 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.3% | 7.1% | 6.3% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.2% | — | 4.1% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 3.1% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #252 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 15% | 19% | 14% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 19% | 8% | 8% | 7% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #216 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $4,730 | $4,493 | $4,733 | $5,009 | $4,935 | $5,387 | $5,260 | $5,215 | $5,196 | $4,559 | $4,588 | $4,511 | $4,221 | $4,105 | $3,830 | $4,091 | $4,062 | $3,429 | $3,113 | $3,765 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Virginia Beach. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.