Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach, VA: Marketing for Dental & Medical Practices

Public data on Virginia Beach, and what we would do first for a practice there because of it.

453,737residents (2025 estimate)
363NPI-registered dentists
$92,968median household income
Residents

Virginia Beach at a glance

Furthest from the US: share of residents who speak Spanish at home (4.3% against 13.6%), then median household income ($92,968 against $80,734).

  • Residents, July 2025 estimate453,737Down 1.2% from the April 2020 base of 459,417
  • Median household income$92,968Close to Virginia ($93,170), above the US ($80,734)
  • Median age37.9Close to both Virginia (39.0) and the US (38.9)
  • Residents 65 and older15.9%Below both Virginia (16.7%) and the US (17.2%)
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)40.9%Close to Virginia (42.2%), above the US (35.7%)
  • Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)4.3%Well below both Virginia (7.9%) and the US (13.6%)

The median household income is where Virginia Beach and Norfolk (16 miles apart) differ most: $92,968 against $66,109, then the share who speak Spanish at home (4.3% against 5.9%).

Local context

Local healthcare landscape in Virginia Beach

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, located in Virginia Beach, describes a 273-bed facility and names its communities as Virginia Beach, Eastern Shore, and Northeastern North Carolina. The hospital says it specializes in heart, vascular, neuroscience, neurosurgery, orthopedics and spine care, cancer care, advanced imaging, and behavioral health. Sentara's site describes Sentara Princess Anne Hospital as a 174-bed acute care hospital with family maternity and a neonatal intensive care unit. The city's planning department says Virginia Beach has eight strategic growth areas, each with a long-range master plan, and lists them as Burton Station, Centerville, Hilltop, Lynnhaven, Newtown, Pembroke, Resort and Rosemont. The city's Historic Neighborhoods page names Beechwood, Burton Station, New Light and Queen City as the first four neighborhoods to receive signs.

Neighborhoods and areas

  • Burton Station
  • Centerville
  • Hilltop
  • Lynnhaven
  • Newtown
  • Pembroke
  • Rosemont
  • Queen City

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Providers

Who practices in Virginia Beach

NPI-registered providers with a practice address in Virginia Beach, by primary specialty (people, not offices). Per resident, Virginia Beach is furthest above the US among plastic surgeons (1.7 times the US rate) and lowest among dermatologists (0.8 times).

SpecialtyIn Virginia BeachResidents per providerUSAgainst the US
Dentists3631 per 1,2501 per 1,340Above
Chiropractors1291 per 3,5171 per 3,311Below
Dermatologists211 per 21,6071 per 17,857Below
Physical therapists5091 per 8911 per 1,181Well above
Optometrists801 per 5,6721 per 5,291Below
Podiatrists351 per 12,9641 per 14,706Above
Plastic surgeons131 per 34,9031 per 58,824Well above
Employers

Private-sector health care employers in Virginia Beach city, 2024

2024 annual averages for the whole county. Offices of dentists are 17.0% of them, below the US share of 18.5%.

  • Ambulatory health care establishments1,174Average employment 12,698
  • Offices of physicians377
  • Offices of dentists200
  • Offices of other health practitioners329
Our plan

What we'd prioritize for a Virginia Beach practice

Chosen by fixed rules from the figures above.

  1. Keep the patients you already have

    Virginia Beach had 5,680 fewer residents in July 2025 than in April 2020 (−1.2%). With fewer new residents arriving, we would set up patient texting first, to keep existing patients coming back.

  2. A crowded field for plastic surgeons

    1.7 times the US number of NPI-registered plastic surgeons per resident (one per 34,903 residents). A plastic surgeon here needs a clear focus and real reviews: see our marketing for plastic surgeons.

  3. A complete Google Business Profile

    Before anything else, the profile patients see in Virginia Beach map results should be complete and accurate: hours, services, photos and the right categories, with matching directory listings everywhere else.

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Sources

Provider counts use each NPI record’s practice ZIP code, split between places by where the ZIP’s 2020 census residents live.

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