Portsmouth city, VA has a population of 96,071 people with a median age of 35 and a median household income of $47,050. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Portsmouth city, VA declined from 96,135 to 96,071, a 0.07% decrease and its median household income grew from $45,676 to $47,050, a 3.01% increase.
The population of Portsmouth city, VA is 52.2% Black, 38.9% White, and 3.88% Hispanic. 4.88% of the people in Portsmouth city, VA speak a non-English language, and 98.6% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Portsmouth city, VA are Tidewater Community College, with 4,252 graduates, Eastern Virginia Medical School, with 389 graduates, and N/A, with N/A graduates.
The median property value in Portsmouth city, VA is $169,400, and the homeownership rate is 53.8%. Most people in Portsmouth city, VA commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 23.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Portsmouth city, VA is 2 cars per household.
Portsmouth city, VA is the 20th most populated county in Virginia and borders Chesapeake city, VA; Hampton city, VA; Newport News city, VA; Norfolk city, VA; and Suffolk city, VA.
The economy of Portsmouth city, VA employs 41,660 people. The economy of Portsmouth city, VA is specialized in Public Admin.; Admin., Support, Waste Management Services; and Healthcare & Social Assistance, which employ respectively 2.02; 1.2; and 1.13 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Portsmouth city, VA are Healthcare & Social Assistance (6,530), Retail trade (4,879), and Manufacturing (4,818), and the highest paying industries are Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($50,435), Transportation & Warehousing ($39,955), and Utilities ($38,306).
Median household income in Portsmouth city, VA is $47,050. Males in Portsmouth city, VA have an average income that is 1.24 times higher than the average income of females, which is $39,543. The income inequality of Portsmouth city, VA (measured using the Gini index) is 0.439 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Portsmouth city, VA. In Portsmouth city, VA the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 25-34, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 52 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $8,773. Petersburg city, VA has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Virginia.
Portsmouth city, VA is home to a population of 96,071 people, from which 98.6% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Portsmouth city, VA is composed of 50,170 Black residents (52.2%), 37,413 White residents (38.9%), 3,728 Hispanic residents (3.88%), 2,862 Two+ residents (2.98%), and 1,125 Asian residents (1.17%). The most common foreign languages in Portsmouth city, VA are Spanish (2,201 speakers), French (426 speakers), and Chinese (297 speakers), but compared to other places, Portsmouth city, VA has a relative high number of Scandinavian (48 speakers), French (426 speakers), and Mon-Khmer, Cambodian (70 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Portsmouth & Norfolk (Southwest) Cities PUMA, VA awarded 4,641 degrees. The student population of Portsmouth & Norfolk (Southwest) Cities PUMA, VA is skewed towards females, with 1,950 male students and 2,691 female students. Most students in Portsmouth & Norfolk (Southwest) Cities PUMA, VA are White (2,486 and 53.6%), followed by Black or African American (1,322 and 28.5%), Hispanic or Latino (276 and 5.95%), and Asian (256 and 5.52%). The largest universities in Portsmouth & Norfolk (Southwest) Cities PUMA, VA by number of graduates are Tidewater Community College (4,252 and 91.6%), Eastern Virginia Medical School (389 and 8.38%), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in Portsmouth & Norfolk (Southwest) Cities PUMA, VA are General Social Sciences (794 and 17.1%), Biological & Physical Sciences (351 and 7.56%), and General Business Administration & Management (302 and 6.51%). The median tuition costs in Portsmouth & Norfolk (Southwest) Cities PUMA, VA are N/A for private four year colleges, and N/A and N/A respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Portsmouth city, VA is $169,400, which is 0.83 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value decreased from $169,800 to $169,400, a 0.24% increase. The homeownership rate of Portsmouth city, VA is 53.8%, which is lower than the national average of 63.6%. People in Portsmouth city, VA have an average commute time of 23.8 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Portsmouth city, VA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.