Neighborhood Profile

Chesapeake Beach

Virginia Beach, VA | Virginia Beach City
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
58.6
National rank: #4,505 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
53.4
Score
Value Opportunity
46.8
Score
Momentum
83.2
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationVirginia Beach, VA
CountyVirginia Beach City
National rank#4,505 of 14,967
State rank#194 of 518
City rank#19 of 29
County rank#19 of 29
National percentile69.9
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$718,664
Year-over-year home value change4.7%
Month-over-month home value change0.41%
Home value to income ratio7.09
Median household income$101,314
Bachelor's degree or higher56.6%
Civilian unemployment rate5.8%
Homeownership rate51.9%
Housing vacancy rate8.6%
Rent burden 30% or higher56.7%

How to read this profile

  • Ranks are always shown with denominators.
  • Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
  • Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
  • Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers

Questions About Living in Chesapeake Beach

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Chesapeake Beach?

Chesapeake Beach is ranked #19 of 29 eligible neighborhoods in Virginia Beach; #194 of 518 eligible neighborhoods in VA; and #4,505 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Chesapeake Beach one of the best neighborhoods in Virginia Beach?

Chesapeake Beach has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 58.6 and a city ranking of #19 of 29 eligible neighborhoods in Virginia Beach.

How much are homes worth in Chesapeake Beach?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Chesapeake Beach is approximately $718,664.

Are home values rising or falling in Chesapeake Beach?

Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.7% year over year and 0.41% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Chesapeake Beach?

Chesapeake Beach has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 83.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Chesapeake Beach?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $101,314.

How affordable is Chesapeake Beach relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 7.09. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Chesapeake Beach primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 51.9%.

What is the unemployment rate in Chesapeake Beach?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.8%.

How educated are residents of Chesapeake Beach?

Approximately 56.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Chesapeake Beach face high rent burden?

Approximately 56.7% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.

How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Chesapeake Beach?

The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.

Governed ranking context

How this neighborhood ranks

HMDA Mortgage Intelligence

Neighborhood Mortgage Market

HIGH

Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.

Activity year2024
Estimated applications155
Estimated originations91
Home-purchase applications71
Origination rate58.8%
Home-purchase share45.8%
Average application loan$359,024
Total application loan amount$55,788,509
National application rank#2,823 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage98.8%
Recent trend: Applications -15.7% YoY; originations -18.6% YoY
Mortgage methodology

HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.