Chesapeake city vs Loudoun County

A side-by-side comparison of Chesapeake city and Loudoun County: population, income, housing, and more.

Chesapeake city and Loudoun County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Loudoun County has the higher population (427,082 vs 251,153 in Chesapeake city). Loudoun County has the higher median household income ($178,707 vs $94,189 in Chesapeake city). Loudoun County has the higher median home value ($701,000 vs $359,100 in Chesapeake city).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake city	Loudoun County
Population	251,153	427,082
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,189	$178,707
Median home value	$359,100	$701,000
Median gross rent	$1,523	$2,317
Housing units	95,997	144,804
Homeownership rate	73.8%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake city	Loudoun County
Population	239,982 → 251,153 (+4.7%)	395,134 → 427,082 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$78,640 → $94,189 (+19.8%)	$142,299 → $178,707 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$273,700 → $359,100 (+31.2%)	$508,100 → $701,000 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,523 (+19.1%)	$1,870 → $2,317 (+23.9%)

Chesapeake city

Population

239,982251,153

Median household income

$78,640$94,189

Median home value

$273,700$359,100

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,523

Loudoun County

Population

395,134427,082

Median household income

$142,299$178,707

Median home value

$508,100$701,000

Median gross rent

$1,870$2,317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake city	Loudoun County
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.1%
75 and over	5.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake city	Loudoun County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	52.1%
Black or African American	28.5%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake city	Loudoun County
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.1%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake city	Loudoun County
Drove alone	77.4%	60.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	27.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake city	Loudoun County
1-unit, detached	67.3%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	30.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	4.7%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake city	Loudoun County
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.67	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1989	2002