Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Virginia Beach lost 4,865 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +1,029. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Virginia Beach is 27.5 times that size.

Virginia Beach covers 244.72 square miles of land and 252.78 of water, for 1,858 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Virginia Beach is close to the typical town.

What county Virginia Beach is in

All of Virginia Beach's residents live in Virginia Beach city, which had 454,808 residents in 2024. Virginia Beach holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Virginia Beach

12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Virginia Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23451, 23452, 23453, 23454, 23455, 23456, 23457, 23459, 23460, 23461, 23462, 23464. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Virginia Beach is

The Census internal point of Virginia Beach is at 36.779500, -76.029100. Richmond, the capital, is 93.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, DC (702,250 people), 156.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Norfolk, VA, 15.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Virginia Beach

At 36.78° N, Virginia Beach gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Virginia Beach daylight page.

Places near Virginia Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Norfolk, 15.5 miles away, with 231,105 people.