Best PlacesGreat Bridge East, Chesapeake, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Great Bridge East, Chesapeake, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake ranks 436th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Great Bridge East, Chesapeake ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
Where Great Bridge East, Chesapeake ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Great Bridge East, Chesapeake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $148,772, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Great Bridge East, Chesapeake's effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Great Bridge East, Chesapeake.
Who works in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake, and how
Work in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake has more parkland per resident than 87% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 21 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Great Bridge East, Chesapeake and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake, month by month
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Great Bridge East, Chesapeake
The nearest airport, Norfolk International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Great Bridge East, Chesapeake
Schools across Great Bridge East, Chesapeake average an A+, better than 99% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Great Bridge IntermediateA+ · 82% proficient
- Cedar Road ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
- Southeastern ElementaryA+ · 79% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hickory MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
- Great Bridge MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Grassfield HighA+ · 84% proficient
- Hickory HighA+ · 80% proficient
- Great Bridge HighA · 74% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Great Bridge East, Chesapeake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Great Bridge East, Chesapeake against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake
Is Great Bridge East, Chesapeake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Great Bridge East, Chesapeake ranks 436th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on good schools, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Great Bridge East, Chesapeake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $463,938. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $148,772 median income, cost of living beats 97% of neighborhoods.
Is Great Bridge East, Chesapeake safe?
Yes, Great Bridge East, Chesapeake is safer than 96% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare Great Bridge East, Chesapeake with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Great Bridge East, Chesapeake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Great Bridge East, Chesapeake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Great Bridge East, Chesapeake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Great Bridge East, Chesapeake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Great Bridge East, Chesapeake detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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