Virginia Beach

City Commute Profile

Virginia Beach, VA

Where Virginia Beach’s 196,573 resident workers go each day — 47.6% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Norfolk.

VirginiaLODES 2023 data
62
Commute Score

62 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Virginia Beach at a glance
Employed Residents
196,573
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
47.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Norfolk
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Virginia Beach proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Virginia Beach commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Virginia Beach

196,573 commutes, one dot at a time

Virginia Beach

Where 196,573 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Virginia Beach, by worker count.

1Virginia Beach0.0 mi93,601
2Norfolk10.2 mi33,214
3Chesapeake11.9 mi23,387
4Portsmouth14.1 mi4,293
5Newport News27.9 mi4,116
6Hampton20.9 mi2,880
7Suffolk28.3 mi2,782
8Richmond90.1 mi1,957

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Virginia Beach.

1Virginia Beach0.0 mi93,601
2Chesapeake11.9 mi21,865
3Norfolk10.2 mi19,719
4Portsmouth14.1 mi5,875
5Suffolk28.3 mi4,509
6Newport News27.9 mi3,175
7Hampton20.9 mi3,039
8Richmond90.1 mi990

Top industries

The sectors that employ Virginia Beach’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.4%
RTRetail Trade12.1%
EDEducational Services10.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.8%
COConstruction5.5%
FIFinance and Insurance4.5%
MFManufacturing3.8%

Virginia Beach city profile

Who lives in Virginia Beach — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
456,349
Median age
37.9yrs
Median household income
$92,968
Median home value
$382,500
Median gross rent
$1,714/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
40.9%
Poverty rate
8.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Virginia Beach

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Virginia Beach

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).