Chesapeake, VA (Virginia) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 219,154 (Urban population: 197,341, Rural population: 21,813 (582 farm, 21,231 nonfarm))

Chesapeake, Virginia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 72,672 (69,900 occupied: 52,323 owner occupied, 17,577 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	25%
State:	32%

Housing density: 213 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $347,958.

Median contract rent in 2007: $845 (lower quartile is $654, upper quartile is $1,080)

Housing units in Chesapeake with a mortgage: 40,166 (6,487 second mortgage, 4,508 home equity loan, 258 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,791

Chesapeake,VA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $267,000 (it was $119,700 in 2000)

Chesapeake:	$267,000
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $187,400 - $373,800

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $325,442
Here: $325,442
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $199,218
Here: $199,218
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $275,000
Here: $275,000
State: $295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $264,341
Here: $264,341
State: $305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $153,219
Here: $153,219
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $18,552
Here: $18,552
State: $37,843

Median year house/condo built: 1984

Median year apartment built: 1981

Household type by relationship

Households: 195,051

In family households: 175,703 (40,845 male householders, 13,422 female householders)
42,397 spouses, 65,218 children (59,344 natural, 1,858 adopted, 4,016 stepchildren), 4,720 grandchildren, 1,416 brothers or sisters, 1,444 parents, 2,682 other relatives, 3,559 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 19,348 (6,685 male householders (4,957 living alone)), 8,883 female householders (7,592 living alone)), 3,780 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,133 (3,175 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 19,391 2-persons, 14,260 3-persons, 12,834 4-persons, 5,169 5-persons, 1,893 6-persons, 720 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,549 1-person, 2,523 2-persons, 337 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

38,655 married couples with children.
12,399 single-parent households (2,163 men, 10,236 women).

94.4% of residents of Chesapeake speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 5,971 (3.0%)
(60.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.8
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chesapeake, Virginia:
	1 room: 22 2 rooms: 250 3 rooms: 949 4 rooms: 3,021 5 rooms: 7,563 6 rooms: 10,533 7 rooms: 11,165 8 rooms: 11,014 9 or more rooms: 7,806

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chesapeake, Virginia:
	1 room: 119 2 rooms: 1,473 3 rooms: 2,075 4 rooms: 5,901 5 rooms: 4,195 6 rooms: 2,050 7 rooms: 978 8 rooms: 599 9 or more rooms: 187

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2,132
1995 to 1998: 7,842
1990 to 1994: 11,644
1980 to 1989: 18,126
1970 to 1979: 12,127
1960 to 1969: 9,714
1950 to 1959: 6,484
1940 to 1949: 2,437
1939 or earlier: 2,166

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chesapeake:
	no bedroom: 68 1 bedroom: 683 2 bedrooms: 6,584 3 bedrooms: 25,494 4 bedrooms: 16,778 5 or more bedrooms: 2,716

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chesapeake:
	no bedroom: 246 1 bedroom: 3,061 2 bedrooms: 8,968 3 bedrooms: 4,338 4 bedrooms: 897 5 or more bedrooms: 67

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Chesapeake in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,516 1 vehicle: 11,439 2 vehicles: 25,604 3 vehicles: 10,173 4 vehicles: 2,700 5 or more vehicles: 891

Cars and other vehicles available in Chesapeake in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,463 1 vehicle: 8,329 2 vehicles: 5,560 3 vehicles: 966 4 vehicles: 214 5 or more vehicles: 45

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Chesapeake, VA:

Less than $10,000: 41
$10,000 to $14,999: 21
$15,000 to $19,999: 27
$20,000 to $24,999: 28
$25,000 to $29,999: 72
$30,000 to $34,999: 70
$35,000 to $39,999: 165
$40,000 to $49,999: 499
$50,000 to $59,999: 1121
$60,000 to $69,999: 2617
$70,000 to $79,999: 4034
$80,000 to $89,999: 4116
$90,000 to $99,999: 4247
$100,000 to $124,999: 7765
$125,000 to $149,999: 8300
$150,000 to $174,999: 5926
$175,000 to $199,999: 3389
$200,000 to $249,999: 3040
$250,000 to $299,999: 1419
$300,000 to $399,999: 615
$400,000 to $499,999: 269
$500,000 to $749,999: 116
$750,000 to $999,999: 11
$1,000,000 or more: 49

Chesapeake rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Chesapeake:

Less than $100: 361 people
$100 to $149: 181
$150 to $199: 257
$200 to $249: 281
$250 to $299: 304
$300 to $349: 262
$350 to $399: 238
$400 to $449: 238
$450 to $499: 275
$500 to $549: 321
$550 to $599: 635
$600 to $649: 783
$650 to $699: 1,048
$700 to $749: 1,283
$750 to $799: 1,384
$800 to $899: 2,515
$900 to $999: 2,458
$1,000 to $1,249: 3,586
$1,250 to $1,499: 844
$1,500 to $1,999: 513
$2,000 or more: 228
No cash rent: 715

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 897 1990 to 1994: 858 1985 to 1989: 928 1980 to 1984: 848 1975 to 1979: 689 1970 to 1974: 426 1970 to 1974: 480 1965 to 1969: 845

Chesapeake, VA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 39.9%
Number of people working at home: 2,300 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1818
5 to 9 minutes: 6914
10 to 14 minutes: 11292
15 to 19 minutes: 15234
20 to 24 minutes: 18258
25 to 29 minutes: 8567
30 to 34 minutes: 16919
35 to 39 minutes: 3213
40 to 44 minutes: 3284
45 to 59 minutes: 5321
60 to 89 minutes: 1964
90 or more minutes: 1893

Chesapeake mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 81,395 (84%)
Carpooled: 10,201 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 723 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 11 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 34 (0%)
Taxi: 86 (0%)
Motorcycle: 56 (0%)
Bicycle: 121 (0%)
Walked: 1,112 (1%)
Other means: 938 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,300 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3976
$10,000 to $14,999: 3134
$15,000 to $19,999: 2961
$20,000 to $24,999: 3741
$25,000 to $29,999: 3832
$30,000 to $34,999: 3987
$35,000 to $39,999: 4458
$40,000 to $44,999: 4360
$45,000 to $49,999: 3796
$50,000 to $59,999: 7454
$60,000 to $74,999: 10239
$75,000 to $99,999: 9574
$100,000 to $124,999: 4637
$125,000 to $149,999: 1644
$150,000 to $199,999: 1134
$200,000 or more: 908

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 60224

United States or American: 19360

English: 16083

German: 13954

Irish: 11989

Italian: 6744

Scotch-Irish: 2878

Scottish: 2755

French (except Basque): 2595

Polish: 2536

Dutch: 1290

European: 1265

French Canadian: 1141

Norwegian: 1047

Swedish: 1024

British: 990

Subsaharan African:: 905

African: 815

Welsh: 699

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 635

Russian: 441

Hungarian: 435

Greek: 430

Canadian: 377

Danish: 300

Arab:: 282

Slovak: 250

Jamaican: 247

Ukrainian: 226

Czech: 213

Austrian: 198

Lebanese: 190

Lithuanian: 174

Czechoslovakian: 149

West Indian: 143

Portuguese: 140

Swiss: 119

Northern European: 104

Scandinavian: 104

Finnish: 97

Eastern European: 96

Iranian: 85

Turkish: 82

Celtic: 77

Armenian: 66

Icelander: 61

Barbadian: 59

Slovene: 56

Haitian: 54

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 53

Pennsylvania German: 48

Syrian: 45

Slavic: 40

Albanian: 39

Arab/Arabic: 34

Guyanese: 33

Belgian: 32

Croatian: 32

Yugoslavian: 32

Carpatho Rusyn: 30

Romanian: 25

Other Subsaharan African: 24

Nigerian: 23

Ghanian: 22

Brazilian: 22

Serbian: 22

Acadian/Cajun: 22

Dutch West Indian: 20

Bermudan: 19

Estonian: 18

Ethiopian: 14

Bahamian: 13

Latvian: 12

British West Indian: 11

Palestinian: 10

U.S. Virgin Islander: 9

Luxemburger: 8

Belizean: 7

Cape Verdean: 7

Israeli: 6

Australian: 5

Egyptian: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Philippines (23%)
Germany (6%)
Canada (6%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Korea (5%)
Mexico (5%)
Jamaica (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 109334
Northeast: 23161
Midwest: 12020
South: 37552
West: 7791

53% of Chesapeake residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Virginia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 386
Nursery to 4th grade: 187
5th and 6th grade: 449
7th and 8th grade: 1,281
9th grade: 1,149
10th grade: 1,936
11th grade: 1,662
12th grade, no diploma: 1,778
High school graduate (or equivalency): 16,392
Less than 1 year of college: 5,529
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 10,051
Associate degree: 3,632
Bachelor's degree: 9,251
Master's degree: 3,785
Professional school degree: 1,043
Doctorate degree: 434

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 367
Nursery to 4th grade: 157
5th and 6th grade: 620
7th and 8th grade: 1,612
9th grade: 1,429
10th grade: 1,932
11th grade: 1,846
12th grade, no diploma: 1,856
High school graduate (or equivalency): 18,448
Less than 1 year of college: 6,305
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 11,112
Associate degree: 4,439
Bachelor's degree: 10,675
Master's degree: 4,682
Professional school degree: 890
Doctorate degree: 183

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.9%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 6.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.8%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.2%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 2.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 6.6%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 10.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 2.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $73,259
Black householders: $50,404
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $68,432
Asian householders: $54,351
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $63,517
Some other race householders: $44,048
Two or more races householders: $107,944
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $47,388

Chesapeake household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Chesapeake household income for Black householders

Chesapeake household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Chesapeake household income for Asian householders

Chesapeake household income for Some other race householders

Chesapeake household income for Two or more races householders

Chesapeake household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Chesapeake marital status for males

Chesapeake marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $287,967
Black or African American householders: $211,681
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $247,370
Asian householders: $354,438
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $250,939
Some other race householders: $280,160
Two or more races householders: $266,553
Hispanic or Latino householders: $276,591

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 50,659
One, attached: 7,750
Two: 1,658
3 or 4: 3,161
5 to 9: 3,701
10 to 19: 1,938
20 to 49: 590
50 or more: 1,175
Mobile homes: 2,040

Median worth of mobile homes: $21,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Chesapeake:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (48%) Electricity (38%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (64%) Utility gas (26%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,560

Here:	9.4%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 854

Here:	6.6%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,511

Here:	17.5%
Virginia:	20.6%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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