Virginia Beach is the largest city in Virginia with a population of about 440,000. The city is part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA, an area which includes the cities of Suffolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Chesapeake, Hampton, and Norfolk, and the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Surry, and York, as well as the North Carolina county of Currituck.
The economy is centered around tourism and defense. Almost 3 million people visit this beautiful beach area and boardwalk annually, contributing over $850 million to the local economy.
Areas to own a home in Virginia Beach include Alanton, Bayside, Blackwater, Brighton on the Bay, Buckner Farms, Chesapeake Beach, College Park, Croatan Beach, Church Point Great Neck, Kings Grant, Green Run, Greenwich, the North End, Kempsville, London Bridge, Lynnhaven, Little Neck, Middle Plantation, Munden, Oceana, Ocean Lakes, Ocean Park, Pembroke Manor, Pembroke Meadows, Pembroke Shores Princess Anne, Pungo, Indian River Plantation, Salem, Sandbridge, Seatack, Shadowlawn, Thalia,Thalia Shores, Thoroughgood, Witchduck Point and the Oceanfront.
Virginia Beach is home to Regent University and Atlantic University, as well as satellite campuses of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Tidewater Community College. Old Dominion University, Virginia Weslayan College and Norfolk State University are located in nearby Norfolk.
