Virginia Beach city County vs. Northampton County

	Virginia Beach city County (VA)	Northampton County (VA)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	450,189	11,735
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	2.8%	-5.3%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	437,903	12,391
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	437,994	12,389
Persons under 5 years, percent	6.4%	4.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent	22.4%	19.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	13.2%	26.4%
Female persons, percent	50.8%	52.3%
White alone, percent	66.7%	62.5%
Black or African American alone, percent	19.0%	33.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	0.3%	0.4%
Asian alone, percent	6.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	0.1%	0.2%
Two or More Races, percent	5.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	8.0%	9.3%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	62.0%	54.4%
Veterans, 2014-2018	57,082	1,129
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	9.3%	5.5%
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	64.1%	65.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$274,300	$164,000
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$1,808	$1,213
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$607	$402
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$1,339	$736
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	23.0%	7.2%
Households, 2014-2018	169,290	5,151
Persons per household, 2014-2018	2.60	2.26
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	81.9%	94.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	12.1%	9.1%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	94.4%	78.9%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	87.8%	66.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	93.2%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	35.2%	21.6%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	7.5%	7.9%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	9.4%	14.6%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	64.2%	51.5%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	62.2%	52.5%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)	1,202,733	28,959
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)	1,959,395	97,755
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)	8,187,586	167,140
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	5,671,477	117,921
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$12,687	$9,645
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	23.7	20.1
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$74,186	$43,553
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$36,268	$26,467
Persons in poverty, percent	7.6%	18.8%
All firms, 2012	35,359	1,342
Men-owned firms, 2012	18,195	825
Women-owned firms, 2012	13,466	326
Minority-owned firms, 2012	8,893	226
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	25,052	1,011
Veteran-owned firms, 2012	5,384	163
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	27,836	1,058
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.7%	0.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	6.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	2.4%	0.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	31.6%	26.0%
Population per square mile, 2010	1,758.9	58.5
Land area in square miles, 2010	249.02	211.61

Source: United States Census Bureau

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between Virginia Beach city county (VA) and Northampton county (VA) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.