Norfolk/Newport News, VA
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| | Overall Rankings | |
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| | Metro Area (out of 45): | |
| | Healthy Housing: 24th | |
| | Prior Rank: 32nd | |
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| | Central City (out of 44): | |
| | Healthy Housing: 6th | |
| | Prior Rank: 4th | |
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| | Click here for comparison to prior report. | |
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| | Data source: 2011 American Housing Survey | |
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Location Summary
Positive Findings: Compared to the national average, the Norfolk/Newport News area had fewer homes with holes in floors, signs of mice, water supply stoppages, incomplete plumbing, room heaters without a flue, and window and foundation problems. Central city dwellings were less likely to have signs of rats and mice, holes in floors, water supply stoppages, room heaters without a flue, and a lack of plumbing or kitchen facilities, compared to the national average. Areas outside the central city had fewer incidences of rats or mice, water supply stoppage, room heaters without a flue, and window and foundation problems. Compared to the national average, rental units had fewer issues with holes in floors, evidence of rats or mice, water supply stoppage, room heaters without a flue, incomplete plumbing, and window problems. Owner-occupied dwellings had fewer issues with mice, water supply stoppage, flush toilet breakdowns, room heaters without a flue, inadequate kitchen facilities, and window and foundation problems.
Areas for Improvement: Homes in the Norfolk/Newport News metro area were more likely to have open cracks or holes in the walls, broken plaster or peeling paint, water leaks from the outside, flush toilet breakdowns, exposed wiring, rooms with no working electrical outlets, and roofing problems than the national average. Central city homes were more likely to have broken plaster or peeling paint, water leaks from the outside, exposed wiring, and rooms with no working outlets. Owner-occupied units were more likely to have water leaks from the outside, exposed wiring, rooms with no working outlets, and roofing problems.
Community Information: The Norfolk/Newport News MSA includes Currituck County, North Carolina; Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, York, and Chesapeake counties, Virginia; and the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg, Virginia. In 2011, the MSA included 628,364 occupied dwelling units, 69.1% of which were located in the central cities of Norfolk and Newport News. Rankings of the housing stock of the Denver MSA showed an average age and an above-average percentage of rental units in the MSA, but a below-average percentage of rental housing in the central city compared with other cities surveyed. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked 18th (8.3%) for the MSA and 14th (9.9%) for the central city. The median house age in the MSA was 1978. The percentage of rental units ranked 11th-most heavily rental (39.3%) for the MSA and 9th-least heavily rental for the central city. Compared to other locations, the Norfolk/Newport News MSA had a lower rate of poverty. Its poverty rate ranked 6th (9.9%) for the entire MSA and was the lowest (10.2%) for homes in the central city of the cities surveyed.