Chesapeake is a relatively large city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 252,488 people and 61 associated neighborhoods, Chesapeake is the second largest community in Virginia.Chesapeake is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Chesapeake is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chesapeake who work in office and administrative support (10.57%), management occupations (10.32%), and sales jobs (9.21%). Chesapeake is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Chesapeake, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. Also of interest is that Chesapeake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.84% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Chesapeake citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.76% of adults in Chesapeake have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Chesapeake in 2022 was $42,753, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,012 for a family of four. However, Chesapeake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chesapeake is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chesapeake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chesapeake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chesapeake include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Chesapeake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
