Portsmouth city, Virginia

Portsmouth city has a population of 97,190 and has shrunk 1.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $246,900, about 4.1 times the county's median household income of $60,491.

Home price
$246,900
Income
$60,491
Population
97,190
Unemployment
6.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$246,900county
Median gross rent$1,300county
Median year homes here were built1967county
Share of homes built before 198068.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented42.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,617county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,713county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,512county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,376county
Home insurance / yr$2,074(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living100.8(statewide)
Median household income$60,491county
Family health premium / yr$25,523(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,277(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.821(statewide)
Poverty rate17.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home8.7%county
Unemployment rate6.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.0%county
Share of workers employed by government23.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.3%county
Economic output per resident$80,022county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.04%county
Top state income tax5.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.77%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service9.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2444897county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station4.3 micounty
Households without a vehicle12.0%county
Traffic deaths13.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.1(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher24.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.0%county
Public schools in the county22county
Public school enrollment12905county
Students per full-time teacher14.0county
Free lunch eligible56.9%(statewide)
Elementary schools13county
Middle schools3county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians60county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year22.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year21.2%county
Frequent mental distress19.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population97,190county
Land area in square miles33county
People per square mile of land2918.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores15county
Convenience stores31county
Share living far from a food store15.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract17.6%county
Population change since 2020-1.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age35.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.5%county
Share of households that are one person33.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.3%county
Second languages5.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls51.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents117county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in4,472county
Households that moved away4,497county
Average income of arriving households$43,458county
Average income of departing households$46,696county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year179county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings30.2%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.2 incounty
Annual snowfall16.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.32 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F27 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing43 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7b(statewide)
Frost-free days211 days(statewide)

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$142county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh14.1¢county
Household electricity use1,005 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.70(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity47.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas47.8%county
Homes heated by propane1.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband88.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk53.3county
Coastal flood risk64.2county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk7.4county
Hail risk37.8county
Earthquake risk64.9county
Tornado risk51.0county
Tropical cyclone risk86.6county
Extreme heat risk74.3county
Winter weather risk76.0county
Strong wind risk38.8county
Wildfire risk19.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Portsmouth city directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Virginia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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