Virginia Beach

Most affordable Virginia Beach suburbs

Ranked on what a household actually pays: the in-house cost-of-living index at 55%, the median home value against the metro at 25% (lower is better here), and the share of households already stretched by housing costs at 20%.

Updated Sep 2026·11 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Campus of the Virginia Marine Institute of Science in Gloucester Point, VA
Gloucester Point$321k median · 35.4 min commute
Cost of living A−Housing DEmployment D+
73
Affordability
overall 50 D+
2
Elizabeth City, NC
Elizabeth City$188k median · 26.4 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment F
67
Affordability
overall 44 D
3
A view of the Victory Arch in Newport News, Virginia
Newport News$261k median · 23.1 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment D
64
Affordability
overall 55 C−
4
The Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia, 2pm on September 20, 2012, using a Nikon D80.
Williamsburg$428k median · 19.5 min commute
Cost of living A−Housing D+Employment F
62
Affordability
overall 66 C+
5
Hampton Downtown Historic District
Hampton$246k median · 22.5 min commute
Cost of living BHousing FEmployment D−
61
Affordability
overall 55 C−
6
The Wisconsin Battleship in Norfolk, VA
Norfolk$290k median · 23.0 min commute
Cost of living B+Housing FEmployment D+
60
Affordability
overall 58 C
7
Portsmouth, Va. (Aug. 20, 2003) -- Tug boats guide USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) up the Elizabeth River, past Portsmouth landmarks, to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth$247k median · 23.7 min commute
Cost of living BHousing FEmployment F
59
Affordability
overall 51 D+
8
Photo of workboats parked at the Poquoson Marina.
Poquoson$400k median · 27.2 min commute
Cost of living B−Housing C+Employment B−
58
Affordability
overall 54 C−
9
A sailboat on the Great Dismal Swamp Canal.
Chesapeake$378k median · 25.8 min commute
Cost of living B−Housing C−Employment C
58
Affordability
overall 52 D+
10
Virginia Beach, VA, May 2021
Virginia Beach$383k median · 23.4 min commute
Cost of living B−Housing C−Employment C+
57
Affordability
overall 64 C+
This list's weighting
Cost of living 55%Median home value (lower is better) 25%Cost-burdened households 20%
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Gloucester Point (Carmenshields · CC BY 3.0); Elizabeth City (Wikimedia Commons · Public domain); Newport News (Smash the Iron Cage · CC BY-SA 4.0); Williamsburg (Ron Cogswell · CC BY 2.0); Hampton (Pejcharat · CC BY-SA 4.0); Norfolk (Bruce Emmerling · CC BY-SA 4.0); Portsmouth (U.S. Navy photo · Public domain); Poquoson (Chrisfortier · CC BY-SA 3.0); Chesapeake (US Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified · Public domain); Virginia Beach (DanRVA · CC BY-SA 4.0).