Virginia Beach Neighborhoods

Virginia Beach has no official neighborhood boundaries, so each guide below covers a defined area around a well-known anchor point. For each one I list the zoned VBCPS schools, home types, flood and jet-noise exposure from city data, parks, commute distances and a live home search. Last updated October 2026.

• Oceanfront

  The Oceanfront is Virginia Beach's resort district along the Atlantic, centered on the roughly three-mile boardwalk from Rudee Inlet north toward 40th Street.

• North End

  The North End is the residential stretch of Virginia Beach's oceanfront north of about 40th Street up to First Landing State Park.

• Sandbridge

  Sandbridge is a beach community in southeastern Virginia Beach, on the strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and Back Bay, about 8.5 miles south of the Oceanfront in a straight line.

• Kempsville

  Kempsville is an established suburban area in western Virginia Beach around Kempsville Road, Princess Anne Road and Indian River Road, near the Chesapeake and Norfolk lines.

• Great Neck

  Great Neck is a peninsula in northern Virginia Beach between the Lynnhaven River and Broad and Linkhorn Bays, south of Shore Drive.

• Red Mill

  Red Mill is a southeastern Virginia Beach area of single-family subdivisions around Princess Anne Road, Sandbridge Road and General Booth Boulevard, anchored by Red Mill Commons.

• Princess Anne (Courthouse)

  The Princess Anne area, sometimes called the Courthouse area, surrounds the City of Virginia Beach Municipal Center at Princess Anne Road and North Landing Road.

• Chic's Beach

  Chic's Beach, officially Chesapeake Beach, is a bayfront neighborhood along the Chesapeake Bay off Shore Drive in northern Virginia Beach, just west of Lynnhaven Inlet and the Lesner Bridge.

• Lynnhaven

  On this page, Lynnhaven means the established neighborhoods around Lynnhaven Colony, London Bridge and the Eastern Branch of the Lynnhaven River, north of I-264 between Kings Grant and Hilltop.

• Hilltop

  Hilltop is the shopping and residential area around Laskin Road and First Colonial Road, between the Oceanfront and Great Neck, just north of NAS Oceana.

• Kings Grant

  Kings Grant is a large established neighborhood in central Virginia Beach, north of Virginia Beach Boulevard around Kings Grant Road and North Lynnhaven Road, with nearby Little Neck and Kings Point reaching toward the Lynnhaven River.

• Town Center & Pembroke

  Town Center is Virginia Beach's central business district at Independence Boulevard and Virginia Beach Boulevard, next to the older Pembroke neighborhoods.

• Green Run

  Green Run is a large community in central Virginia Beach between Rosemont Road, Lynnhaven Parkway and Princess Anne Road.

• Salem

  Salem is a residential area in south-central Virginia Beach around Salem Road, Lynnhaven Parkway and Princess Anne Road, with subdivisions such as Salem Lakes, Salem Woods and Rock Creek.

• Landstown

  Landstown is a south-central Virginia Beach area around Landstown Road, Princess Anne Road and Dam Neck Road, home to Landstown High and Middle, Landstown Commons and the Princess Anne Commons sports venues.

• Ocean Lakes

  Ocean Lakes is a southeastern Virginia Beach community off General Booth Boulevard and Dam Neck Road, built around a series of lakes and close to the NAS Dam Neck Annex.

• Pungo

  Pungo is the rural farming area of southern Virginia Beach centered on the crossroads of Princess Anne Road and Indian River Road, known for farms, the Pungo Strawberry Festival and access to Back Bay and the North Landing River.

• Bayside

  Bayside is a north-central Virginia Beach area around Haygood Road, Independence Boulevard and Shore Drive, near Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek.