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Getting around Hampton Roads

Transit, drive-time reality, greenways, airports, rail, and daily mobility tradeoffs.

Area mobility

Virginia Beach City

Virginia's most populous city. The resort Oceanfront and boardwalk, Sandbridge, and NAS Oceana, with suburban neighborhoods stretching south to the North Carolina line.

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Norfolk City

The region's urban center. Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest navy base, plus Old Dominion University and a downtown waterfront on the Elizabeth River.

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Chesapeake City

Virginia's second-most populous city. Greenbrier and Great Bridge suburbs in the north, farmland and the Great Dismal Swamp in the south.

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Portsmouth City

Olde Towne's historic district and the Naval Medical Center, with Norfolk Naval Shipyard, one of the oldest in the country, on the Elizabeth River.

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Suffolk City

Virginia's largest city by land area. Harbour View suburbs on the James River at one end, downtown Suffolk and peanut-country farmland at the other.

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Hampton City

Fort Monroe, Langley Air Force Base, NASA Langley Research Center, and Hampton University on the Peninsula's bayfront.

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Newport News City

Home of Newport News Shipbuilding, the country's largest military shipyard. Neighborhoods stretch from downtown near the yard to Denbigh and Lee Hall upriver.

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Poquoson City

A small independent city on a low-lying peninsula facing the Chesapeake Bay, with working-waterman roots and water on three sides.

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Williamsburg City

Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William & Mary in a compact independent city between the James and York rivers.

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James City County

Most of the Williamsburg area's subdivisions and golf communities, plus Jamestown Island and the western end of the Colonial Parkway.

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York County

Yorktown's battlefield and riverfront at one end, commuter neighborhoods serving the Peninsula's bases and shipyard at the other.

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Gloucester County

Across the York River on the Middle Peninsula. Gloucester Point, the Court House village, and rural bayside farmland.

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Isle of Wight County

Smithfield's historic district and ham-making heritage on the south side of the James, with Windsor and rural farmland behind it.

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Mathews County

A small Chesapeake Bay county at the tip of the Middle Peninsula: waterfront villages, tidal creeks, and the New Point Comfort lighthouse.

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Southampton County

Rural peanut-and-cotton country on the Nottoway and Blackwater rivers, wrapping around the city of Franklin.

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Franklin City

A small independent city on the Blackwater River with a walkable downtown and a paper-mill industrial heritage.

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Surry County

Rural Southside county on the James opposite Jamestown: the Jamestown-Scotland ferry, Bacon's Castle, and the Surry nuclear power station.

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Sources and freshnessLast rebuilt 2026-09-14 with public records and source notes for Getting around Hampton Roads.
  • Last rebuilt 2026-09-14 from the latest records synced into this guide.
  • Home-price medians use 34,613 recorded public sale rows across 4 areas.
  • 2 areas use assessed value because usable sale-price coverage is limited.
  • 11 areas show an explicit coming-soon state rather than a guessed price.
  • Property and tax figures come from county/city parcel, sales, and assessor records.
  • School metrics use Virginia Department of Education profiles when available.
  • Amenity and business counts use OpenStreetMap, so hours and listings can change.
  • Jobs, events, news, and business-directory layers are included only after their feeds or curated sources sync.
  • Use these figures as planning estimates, then verify taxes, listings, and school details before making an offer.

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