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Suffolk, Virginia (VA), Real Estate and More

Vital Statistics in Suffolk, Virginia
Population: 63,677 (2000 Census)
Physical size
Land area: 400 sq. mi.
Water area: 29 sq. mi.
Median household income: $49,038 (2004 Census)
Median age: 36 (2000 Census)
Avg. yearly rainfall: 49 in.
Avg. summer high temp: 88
Avg. winter low temp: 30
Public hospitals: 1

Public Schools in Suffolk, Virginia

Number of students: 13,273
Number of full-time teachers: 911
Raw student-teacher ratio: 15:1
Number of Elementary schools: 12
Number of middle/junior high schools: 3
Number of senior high schools: 3

Real Estate in Suffolk, Virginia

Tax rate: $0.94 per $100 assessed value most areas; $1.20 per $100 assessed value of properties located along Route 17 (infrastructure improvements)
Median value owner-occupied housing: $107,300 (2000 Census)

Taxes/Fees
Personal property tax: $4.25 per $100 assessed value
Personal property tax, boat: $1.50 per $100 assessed value
Water: $2.74 per 100 cubic feet; minimum $15.02 bimonthly
Sewage: $1.78 per 100 cubic feet; minimum $13.27 bimonthly
Recycling: 13 drop-off centers located throughout city

Suffolk, Virginia, Real Estate and Lifestyle

The last two decades have brought Suffolk, Virginia (VA), new housing, extensive real estate development, and a host of changes. Yet outside the new polish, many areas within the vast city still retain the flavor of their past. In all the best ways, Suffolk, VA is still the comfortable, down-home community it always was.
Suffolk, VA's lifestyle and real estate vary from one region or borough to another. Whaleyville, for example, is an area that continues to strive for and pride itself on its small-town atmosphere and simple living. Here you'll find traditional housing set in a semi-rural to rural backdrop. Driver, though it has been incorporated for years, still retains its characteristic independence and self-reliance, viewing itself as a city within a city. And the downtown, or Old Town, area of Suffolk, VA, while much renovation, renewal, and new commerce is at work, still wears the appearance of old-time city life through its the architecture and layout of it's real estate.
Other areas have undergone dramatic cultural and lifestyle change. Northeastern Suffolk, VA has become well-known as a center of technological research. Its proximity to the highway network, thus nearby Hampton and Norfolk military facilities, makes this the perfect area of Suffolk, VA for high-tech labs, data security and management firms, and defense contractors. This area, known as the Sleepy Hole civic borough, also boasts a number of new housing communities including several luxury real estate developments that feature golf courses and boating access. It's a far cry from its rural past.

Much like Sleepy Hole, Suffolk, VA's eastern edges have exploded with new housing and urban-style real estate development since the mid- to late eighties. Yet today, well more than half of the city's total area is still rural or agricultural in nature. Home buyers who crave this type of open atmosphere will particularly enjoy the Chuckatuck, Cypress, or Holy Neck boroughs. Each has a character distinctly different from the fast pace and continuous real estate development at work on the fringes of the city.

Like the real estate, the schools in Suffolk, VA also reflect a healthy mixture of technology and respect for Virginia tradition. The city's public schools go well beyond the basics: even at the high school level, teaching is enriched with vocational and technical curricula through partnership with Pruden Center for Industry and Technology. And in addition to post-secondary training offered through Tidewater Community College, Suffolk, VA will soon house a Workforce Development Center courtesy of its Paul D. Camp Community College campus.

Suffolk, VA residents enjoy a cultural feast year-round. There's the flavor of the traditional in farmer's markets in both northern and downtown areas. There's appreciation for history and its people, as reflected in the annual Nansemond Indian Tribal Pow Wow, guided tours of the Great Dismal Swamp, as well as the programs and exhibits of the Suffolk Museum. And for the whole family, there's food, entertainment, and fun in the annual Suffolk Peanut Festival, TGIF Summer Concert Series, and Taste of Suffolk Downtown Street Festival.

Suffolk, VA may be described as one of the most varied, yet consistent, cities in Virginia. Everywhere you look, there's something comfortable, familiar, and traditional, yet the best of modern living is never too far away. New, quality housing construction and historic architecture as well as vast rolling acreage, old-growth wooded areas, and abundant lakes, creeks, and riverfront are all a part of this beautiful city's texture. No wonder it's called "surprising Suffolk"!

Neighborhoods in Suffolk, Virginia

If you're searching for homes in Suffolk, VA, we're bound to have one that's just right for you. Whatever your real estate needs are—new construction, new homes, condos or waterfront homes, we have homes for sale in all areas of Suffolk, VA.

Acorn Acres
Applewood Farms
Armistead Forest
Bayberry Cove
Beales Corner
Beamons Mill
Belleville Meadows
Belmont Park
Bennetts Creek Landing
Bennetts Harbor
Berkshire Meadows
Berwyn
Bob White Landing
Bridge Point Farms
Burbage Grant
Burnetts Mill
Cedar Crest Hall
Cedar Lake Shores
Cedar Point
Chatham Woods
Cherry Grove Estate
Christiana Landing
Chuckatuck
Cove Point
Creekview
Crittenden
Cypress Chapel
Cypress Farm
Dayle Acres
Deerfield
Driver
Driver Village
East Suffolk Gardens
Eclipse
Forest Glen Terrace
Governors Pointe
Harbour Breeze Estates
Harbour View
Herons Point
Hill Point Farms
Hillpoint Greens
Hillpoint Meadows
Holiday Point Estates
Holland
Holland Heights
Holly Acres
Hollywood
Holy Neck
Huntersville
Idlewood
Indian Point Estates
Jerico
Kempton Park
Kilby Shores
Kings Fork Farm
Kings Landing Townhomes
Kings Point
Kingsboro
Kingsdale
Lake Cohoon
Lake Prince Meadows
Lake Speight Colony
Lakeside
Leesville
Lloyd Place
Lummis
Magnolia
Milteer Acres
Nansemond
Nansemond Gardens
Nansemond Pointe
Nansemond River Estates
Nansemond Shores
Northridge
Nurneysville
Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Estates
Oaklake
Old Town Suffolk
Olde Mill Creek
Orlando
Pitchkettle Farms
Pitchkettle Lake
Pitchkettle Point
Pittmantown
Pleasant Hill
Pughsville
Quaker Neck
Reids Crossing
River Cliff
River Creek
River Point Condo
Riverside Estates
Riverview
Riverwood
Rosemont
Russell Point
Saddlebrook
Sadler Heights
Saratoga Place
Schooner Cove
Sleepy Hole
Sleepy Lake
Sleepy Lake West
Sleepy Point
Somerton
South Suffolk
Springfield
Steeplechase
Stratford Terrace
Suburban Woods
Suffolk Meadows
The Riverfront
Turlington Terrace
Walnut Hill Estates
Warrington
Westhaven Lakes
Wexford Downs
Whaleyville
Wilroy
Wonderland Forest
Woodlake
Woodlands Of Nansemond
Wynnewood