Moving to Norfolk, Virginia

by btobers · Published July 1, 2019 · Updated November 18, 2024

Population: 234,403. Estimated population in July 2024: 231,954 (-1.0% change)
Males: 119,830 (51.1%), Females: 114,573 (48.9%)

Zip codes: 23502, 23503, 23504, 23505, 23507, 23508, 23509, 23510, 23513, 23517, 23518, 23521, 23523.

Demographics

Median resident age: 29.6 years
Median household income: $31,815
Median house value: $88,400

Population by Race

Races in Norfolk:

White Non-Hispanic (47.0%)
Black (44.1%)
Hispanic (3.8%)
Two or more races (2.5%)
Filipino (1.8%)
Other race (1.7%)
American Indian (1.1%)

Ancestries: German (8.6%), Irish (8.1%), English (6.9%), United States (5.2%), Italian (3.5%), French (2.0%).

Elevation: 10 feet

Land area: 53.7 square miles

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Norfolk

High school or higher: 78.4%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 19.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 7.7%
Unemployed: 9.0%
Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Norfolk city

Never married: 37.0%
Now married: 40.6%
Separated: 5.3%
Widowed: 6.8%
Divorced: 10.3%

5.0% Foreign born (2.5% Asia, 1.2% Latin America, 0.9% Europe).

Population change in the 1990s: -26,771 (-10.3%).

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers in Norfolk:

BON SECOURS – DEPAUL MEDICAL CENTER (150 KINGSLEY LANE)
CHILDREN’S HOSP KING’S DAUGHTERS (601 CHILDREN’S LANE)
HOSPITAL FOR EXTENDED RECOVERY (600 GRESHAM DRIVE SUITE 700)
LAKE TAYLOR HOSP (1309 KEMPSVILLE RD)
NORFOLK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (860 KEMPSVILLE RD)
SENTARA LEIGH HOSPITAL (830 KEMPSVILLE RD)
SENTARA NORFOLK GENL HOSP (600 GRESHAM DR)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Norfolk:

NORFOLK NS (about 4 miles; NORFOLK, VA; Abbreviation: NGU)
NORFOLK INTL (about 5 miles; NORFOLK, VA; Abbreviation: ORF)
LANGLEY AFB (about 14 miles; HAMPTON, VA; Abbreviation: LFI)

Other public-use airports nearest to Norfolk:

HAMPTON ROADS EXECUTIVE (about 15 miles; NORFOLK, VA; Abbreviation: PVG)
CHESAPEAKE REGIONAL (about 17 miles; NORFOLK, VA; Abbreviation: CPK)
NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 23 miles; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; Abbreviation: PHF)

Amtrak station:
NORFOLK (MONTICELLO AVE. & VA. BEACH BLVD.) – Bus Station. Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/Universities in Norfolk:

OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 13,330; Location: 5215 HAMPTON BLVD; Public; Website: www.odu.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 11,042; Location: 121 COLLEGE PL; Public)
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 5,820; Location: 700 PARK AVE; Public; Website: www.nsu.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 1,204; Location: 1584 WESLEYAN DR; Private, not-for-profit; Website: WWW.VWC.EDU)
EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL (Full-time enrollment: 690; Location: BOX 1980; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.evms.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY-NORFOLK (Full-time enrollment: 592; Location: 2428 ALMEDA AVE STE 316-318; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.jwu.edu)
TIDEWATER TECH (Full-time enrollment: 452; Location: 7020 NORTH MILITARY HIGHWAY; Private, for-profit)
ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (Full-time enrollment: 325; Location: 863 GLENROCK RD STE 100; Private, for-profit; Website: www.itt-tech.edu)
SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL SCH OF HLTH PROFS (Full-time enrollment: 71; Location: 600 GRESHAM DR JENKINS HALL; Private, not-for-profit)
GHENT BEAUTY ACADEMY (Full-time enrollment: 66; Location: 2811 LaFayette Blvd.; Private, for-profit; Website: [email protected])
WARDS CORNER BEAUTY ACADEMY (Full-time enrollment: 55; Location: 216 E LITTLE CREEK RD; Private, for-profit)
HAMPTON ROADS SCHOOL OF HAIR TECHNOLOGY (Full-time enrollment: 52; Location: 3535F TIDEWATER DR; Private, for-profit)
NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS SKILLS CENTER (Full-time enrollment: 51; Location: 922 W 21ST ST; Public; Website: www.nps.k12.va.us/schools/skillscenter/index.html)
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF PRAC NRS AT NORFOLK TECH VOC CTR (Full-time enrollment: 29; Location: 1330 N MILITARY HWY; Public)
VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF POLYGRAPH (Location: 7909 BROOKFIELD RD; Private, for-profit)

Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near Norfolk:

ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 9 miles; VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,083)
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; HAMPTON, VA; Full-time enrollment: 5,249)
THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles; Hampton, VA; Full-time enrollment: 3,884)
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; Full-time enrollment: 4,432)
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY (about 45 miles; WILLIAMSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 7,133)
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; PETERSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 3,641)
JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 88 miles; CHESTER, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,520)

Schools

Public high schools in Norfolk:

GRANBY HIGH (Students: 2,304; Location: 7101 GRANBY ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
MAURY HIGH (Students: 2,054; Location: 322 SHIRLEY AVE; Grades: 09 – 12)
LAKE TAYLOR HIGH (Students: 1,547; Location: 1384 KEMPSVILLE RD; Grades: 09 – 12)
NORVIEW HIGH (Students: 1,510; Location: MIDDLETON PLACE; Grades: 09 – 12)
B. T. WASHINGTON HIGH (Students: 1,389; Location: 1111 PARK AVE; Grades: 09 – 12)
GOVERNOR SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (Location: 1335 W. 43RD STREET; Grades: 09 – 12)

Private high schools in Norfolk:

NORFOLK ACADEMY (Students: 1,185; Location: 1585 WESLEYAN DRIVE; Grades: KG – 12)
NORFOLK COLLEGIATE SCHOOL (Students: 805; Location: 7336 GRANBY STREET; Grades: KG – 12)
NORFOLK CHRISTIAN DISCOVERY CT (Students: 614; Location: GRANBY – SEEKLE STREET; Grades: PK – 12)
NORFOLK CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 518; Location: 255 THOLE STREET; Grades: PK – 12)
RYAN ACADEMY OF NORFOLK (Students: 106; Location: 844 JEROME AVENUE; Grades: KG – 12)

Biggest public primary/middle schools in Norfolk:

BLAIR MIDDLE (Students: 1,278; Location: 730 SPOTSWOOD AVE; Grades: 06 – 08)
NORTHSIDE MIDDLE (Students: 1,229; Location: 8720 GRANBY ST; Grades: 06 – 08)
NORVIEW MIDDLE (Students: 1,163; Location: 6325 SEWELLS POINT RD; Grades: 06 – 08)
RUFFNER MIDDLE (Students: 1,066; Location: 610 MAY AVE.; Grades: 06 – 08)
LAKE TAYLOR MIDDLE (Students: 1,019; Location: 1380 KEMPSVILLE RD; Grades: 06 – 08)
LAFAYETTE-WINONA MIDDLE (Students: 973; Location: 1701 ALSACE AVE; Grades: 06 – 08)
AZALEA MIDDLE (Students: 869; Location: 7721 AZALEA GARDENS RD; Grades: 06 – 08)
BAY VIEW ELEM. (Students: 785; Location: 1434 BAY VIEW BLVD; Grades: PK – 05)
ROSEMONT MIDDLE (Students: 778; Location: 1330 BRANCH RD.; Grades: 06 – 08)
SHERWOOD FOREST ELEM. (Students: 738; Location: 3035 SHERWOOD FOREST LN; Grades: PK – 05)

Biggest private primary/middle schools in Norfolk:

ST PIUS X SCHOOL (Students: 453; Location: 7800 HALPRIN DRIVE; Grades: PK – 8)
CHRIST THE KING ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 372; Location: 3401 TIDEWATER DRIVE; Grades: PK – 8)
CALVARY ACADEMY OF THE KING (Students: 280; Location: 2331 E. LITTLE CREEK RD.; Grades: PK – 8)
HOLY TRINITY PARISH SCHOOL (Students: 233; Location: 154 W. GOVERNMENT AVENUE; Grades: PK – 8)
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN PRESCHOOL (Students: 176; Location: 820 COLONIAL AVENUE; Grades: PK – KG)
JUNIOR ACADEMY CHRISTIAN SCHOO (Students: 158; Location: 969 PHILPOTTS RD; Grades: PK – 5)
TOWN – COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL (Students: 138; Location: 1421 KEMPSVILLE ROAD; Grades: PK – 4)
ST MARY ACADEMY ELEM SCH (Students: 132; Location: 921 HOLT STREET; Grades: PK – 5)
FAITH ACA SCH OF EXCELLENCE (Students: 124; Location: 1010 E. 26TH STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
GHENT MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 123; Location: 610 MOWBRAY ARCH; Grades: PK – 6)

Libraries

Library in Norfolk:

NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $6,172,773; Location: 301 EAST CITY HALL AVENUE; 1,053,143 books; 10,951 audio materials; 11,578 video materials; 1,783 serial subscriptions)