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Housing & affordability in Suffolk

ACS 2020–24 · four inputs · 18% of the overall score
D+
52/100
4th of 11
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The four inputs
Median home value vs metro$347,400
Virginia Beach $340,90040% · scores 51
Median rent vs metro$1,563/mo
Virginia Beach $1,478/mo30% · scores 54
Ownership rate71%
Virginia Beach 63%15% · scores 65
Households spending >30% of income on housing34%
Virginia Beach 35%15% · scores 36
Context, not scored
Median year built · Virginia Beach 19831996
Houses rather than flats · Virginia Beach 72%80%
Households with children · Virginia Beach 31%33%
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, Suffolk 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 Suffolk on housing & affordability

Suffolk grades D+ on housing & affordability. One suburb is within 25 miles and scores higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbHousingMedian home valueOwnership rateOverall
Chesapeake18 mi from SuffolkC−$378k74% 52 D+
Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24