Your Guide to Buying a Home in Suffolk, VA

Buying a Home in Suffolk, Virginia

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Suffolk is located in Independent City County

Population: 52,141 The City of Suffolk is situated in Virginia's Hampton Roads region and is part of the Norfolk/Virginia Beach/ Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Suffolk is 20 miles from Norfolk, 90 miles from Richmond and 200 miles from Washington,D.C.

Suffolk is a community rich in history and recreation, is dedicated to quality education, has a clean, safe environment and a strong economy, making it one of Hampton Roads' fastest growing, most attractive places to live and work.

In Suffolk, we are aggressively committed to education and training. We provide a well-rounded curriculum with twelve elementary schools, four middle schools and three high schools. There are two community colleges serving Suffolk. Paul D. Camp offers occupational, technical and college transfer tracks, with associate degrees in the arts and sciences and certificates in law enforcement and data processing. Tidewater Community College offers associate degrees in 80 programs and on-site customized training programs. There are also eleven degree-awarding colleges and universities throughout the Hampton Roads area. They include Old Dominion University (30 miles), with a center for entrepreneurship and private enterprise, and bachelors, masters and doctorate programs in numerous fields. Norfolk State University (25 miles) has nine schools offering seven associate, 40 bachelor and 15 masters degrees. And Virginia Wesleyan College (35 miles) offers 33 bachelor degree programs and pre-studies in law, medicine and theology. Virginia Wesleyan College also offers L.A.M.P., a management program for business.

Courtesy of the Suffolk Virginia City Website