Chesapeake

City Commute Profile

Chesapeake, VA

Where Chesapeake’s 107,795 resident workers go each day — 30.8% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Virginia Beach.

VirginiaLODES 2023 data
55
Commute Score

55 / 100

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

Chesapeake at a glance
Employed Residents
107,795
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
30.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Virginia Beach
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Chesapeake 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 Chesapeake 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.

Chesapeake

107,795 commutes, one dot at a time

Chesapeake

Where 107,795 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Chesapeake0.0 mi33,203
2Virginia Beach11.9 mi21,865
3Norfolk9.0 mi18,868
4Portsmouth5.9 mi5,524
5Suffolk17.0 mi3,956
6Newport News24.7 mi3,821
7Hampton19.8 mi2,567
8Richmond84.3 mi1,144

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Chesapeake.

1Chesapeake0.0 mi33,203
2Virginia Beach11.9 mi23,387
3Norfolk9.0 mi11,581
4Portsmouth5.9 mi7,998
5Suffolk17.0 mi6,125
6Newport News24.7 mi2,833
7Hampton19.8 mi2,688
8Richmond84.3 mi665

Top industries

The sectors that employ Chesapeake’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%)
RTRetail Trade12.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.3%
COConstruction9.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.5%
EDEducational Services7.1%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.9%
MFManufacturing5.0%

Chesapeake city profile

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

Population
252,583
Median age
37.9yrs
Median household income
$95,373
Median home value
$378,400
Median gross rent
$1,586/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
36.9%
Poverty rate
9.4%

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 Chesapeake

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

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps20%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Chesapeake

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).