Best PlacesPleasant Grove East, Chesapeake, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasant Grove 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.
Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake ranks 1,890th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasant Grove 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.
Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Household income$148,805 median, better than 91% of neighborhoods
Where Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute45.6 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $148,805, 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 Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake's effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake
Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake.
Who works in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake, and how
Work in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake, month by month
Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake
The nearest airport, Norfolk International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake
Schools across Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake average an A+, better than 99% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Southeastern ElementaryA+ · 79% proficient
- Hickory ElementaryA+ · 79% proficient
- Creeds ElementaryA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Princess Anne MiddleA+ · 84% proficient
- Hickory MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Floyd Kellam HighA+ · 86% proficient
- Hickory HighA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake
Is Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake ranks 1,890th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on good schools, what local pay buys, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on walkability and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $485,416. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $148,805 median income, cost of living beats 96% of neighborhoods.
Is Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake safe?
Yes, Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake is safer than 86% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasant Grove 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.
Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasant Grove East, Chesapeake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasant Grove 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.
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