Chesapeake, VA
252,583Residents
$95,373Median household income
$1,586/moMedian gross rent
$378,400Median home value
37.9Median age
37%Adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher
74%Homes lived in by their owners
4.0×Home value to household income
Median rent takes about 20% of the median household income in Chesapeake.
What pay do you need to rent here?
To keep rent at or below 30% of gross pay, you would need about $63,000 a year. In Virginia that leaves roughly $4,111 a month after tax. See the full paycheck breakdown for $65,000.
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Source: Census ACS 2024 ACS 5-year, places. Small places carry larger margins of error.