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Housing & affordability in Portsmouth

ACS 2020–24 · four inputs · 18% of the overall score
F
32/100
10th of 11
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The four inputs
Median home value vs metro$246,900
Virginia Beach $340,90040% · scores 32
Median rent vs metro$1,300/mo
Virginia Beach $1,478/mo30% · scores 41
Ownership rate58%
Virginia Beach 63%15% · scores 42
Households spending >30% of income on housing45%
Virginia Beach 35%15% · scores 1
Context, not scored
Median year built · Virginia Beach 19831967
Houses rather than flats · Virginia Beach 72%70%
Households with children · Virginia Beach 31%30%
Neither direction is better here, so none of it moves the grade. It is on the page because it changes what a place is like to live in.
Vertical rule marks the Virginia Beach reference. ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best Virginia Beach suburbs for housing

All 11 ranked, Portsmouth highlighted
1PoquosonC+$400,3002ChesapeakeC−$378,4003Virginia BeachC−$382,5004SuffolkD+$347,4005WilliamsburgD+$428,1006Gloucester PointD$320,7007HamptonF$245,7008Newport NewsF$260,6009NorfolkF$289,90010PortsmouthF$246,90011Elizabeth CityF$187,700
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Better than Portsmouth on housing & affordability

Portsmouth grades F on housing & affordability. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbHousingMedian home valueOwnership rateOverall
Poquoson19 mi from PortsmouthC+$400k85% 54 C− Chesapeake13 mi from PortsmouthC−$378k74% 52 D+ Virginia Beach19 mi from PortsmouthC−$383k65% 64 C+ Suffolk19 mi from PortsmouthD+$347k71% 51 D+ Hampton13 mi from PortsmouthF$246k57% 55 C− Newport News18 mi from PortsmouthF$261k48% 55 C−
Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24