Who's moving to and from Chesapeake city, Virginia?

About as many arrived as left in 2022–23: 18,249 people in, 18,382 out. Most were moving between Virginia counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−133 people
−239 households
Arrivals' income
$60.2k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$62.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Chesapeake city went in Virginia

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Virginia counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like San Diego County, CA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Virginia Beach city4,255
  2. Norfolk city2,251
  3. Portsmouth city1,530
  4. Suffolk city861
  5. San Diego County, CA424
  6. Newport News city327
  7. Hampton city291
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,363

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in Virginia. People, 2022–23.

  1. Virginia Beach city3,443
  2. Norfolk city1,839
  3. Portsmouth city1,488
  4. Suffolk city1,278
  5. Currituck County, NC335
  6. San Diego County, CA312
  7. Newport News city288
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)5,609

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
629 people
Left for abroad
351 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Chesapeake usually growing from moves?

Mostly. More households arrived than left in 9 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−23922–23††‡†
Net migration of Chesapeake city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+515
2014–15 †+134
2015–16+171
2016–17 †+508
2017–18+438
2018–19 ‡+268
2019–20+456
2020–21+369
2021–22+168
2022–23 †−239

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Chesapeake city, Virginia?” movedwhere.com/county/chesapeake-city-va. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.