Rick West (Unknown affiliation) has been Mayor of Chesapeake since 1 Jan 2018. Unemployment rate: 3.6% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.4 percentage points higher than when Rick West took office in January 2018, while Virginia's rose 0.2 percentage points. On the fall in homelessness Chesapeake is 11th of the 59 cities, on GDP per person 45th of 73. On violent crime rate the two part most: −97 per 100,000 in Chesapeake, −13 per 100,000 for Virginia. Typical rent is up 61.4% since day zero (5.6% a year).

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