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Virginia Beach, VA

State income tax topping out at 5.75%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,725 and 219 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.

Left over monthly

$2,254

Versus Chicago

−$126/mo

−$1,512 a year

Local pay for your job

$90,901

Local wages run -3% vs national

Where the money goes

One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.

Taxes$1,921
Rent$1,449
Other living costs$1,952
Left over$2,254

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $90,901
Federal income tax: −$11,612
Social Security and Medicare: −$6,954
State income tax (VA): −$4,481
Take-home pay: $67,854
Effective tax rate: 25.4%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $1,449
Groceries: $388
Getting around: $547
Healthcare: $436
Utilities and internet: $242
Everything else: $339
Total spending: $3,401

Left over each month

$7,575 gross, minus $1,921 in tax and $3,401 in living costs.

$2,254

What living here is like

Weather: 219 sunny days, 88°F in July, 37°F January nights
Getting around: Plan on a car per adult
Average commute: 25 minutes each way
Size: 1.8M people
Buying instead: Median home $318,000 — roughly $2,119/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
Taxes: Virginia income tax. Sales tax 5.8%, property tax 0.83%.

How it scores against what you said matters

Money left over: 55
Sun and mild weather: 72
Access to the outdoors: 68
City life and culture: 62
A short commute: 65

County by county

The Virginia Beach, VA metro spans 18 counties, and rent and home prices vary a lot between them. These are whole-stock medians for people already living there, so rents run below the asking rents used elsewhere on this page.

Population, rent, home value, income and commute by county in Virginia Beach, VA
County	People	Median rent	2-bed rent	Home value	Income	Commute
Virginia Beach cityVA	457k26%	$1,649	$1,559	$366,300	$90,685	23 min
Chesapeake cityVA	251k14%	$1,523	$1,427	$359,100	$94,189	26 min
Norfolk cityVA	235k13%	$1,246	$1,214	$271,900	$64,017	23 min
Newport News cityVA	185k10%	$1,285	$1,227	$243,300	$66,718	23 min
Hampton cityVA	137k8%	$1,346	$1,298	$234,100	$67,758	22 min
Portsmouth cityVA	97k5%	$1,266	$1,208	$229,400	$58,972	23 min
Suffolk cityVA	97k5%	$1,484	$1,290	$329,600	$90,089	30 min
James City CountyVA	80k4%	$1,491	$1,401	$419,200	$107,046	27 min
York CountyVA	71k4%	$1,777	$1,549	$411,200	$108,326	24 min
Isle of Wight CountyVA	39k2%	$1,313	$1,214	$333,600	$96,118	30 min
Gloucester CountyVA	39k2%	$1,144	$992	$289,200	$83,689	35 min
Currituck CountyNC	30k2%	$1,126	$964	$351,200	$91,548	36 min
Williamsburg cityVA	16k1%	$1,361	$1,375	$393,200	$70,206	17 min
Poquoson cityVA	13k1%	$1,634	$1,459	$403,000	$120,919	26 min
Camden CountyNC	11k1%	$1,220	$1,075	$289,800	$87,781	31 min
Gates CountyNC	10k1%	$940	$590	$163,900	$61,612	41 min
Mathews CountyVA	8,5170%	$1,108	$1,026	$348,800	$75,487	34 min
Surry CountyVA	6,5520%	$858	$580	$235,200	$71,458	43 min

Census ACS 2023 5-year estimates by county; county membership from the 2023 CBSA delineation file. Rents are median gross rent for occupied units (not asking rent); “—” means the Census suppressed or top-coded the cell.

Chicago vs Virginia Beach, line by line

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Everything else about a move

Paycheck leftover is the start. These pages cover who actually moved, housing, the rest of the month, daily life and kids — still using your household in the URL.