Colonial Beach is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 4,003 people and three associated neighborhoods, Colonial Beach is the 146th largest community in Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Colonial Beach was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Colonial Beach economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Colonial Beach, where the median household income is $52,119.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Colonial Beach is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Colonial Beach is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Colonial Beach who work in computer science and math (14.48%), sales jobs (12.63%), and office and administrative support (11.53%). Also of interest is that Colonial Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Colonial Beach has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Colonial Beach has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Colonial Beach than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Colonial Beach may be for you. In Colonial Beach, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.71 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Colonial Beach doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Colonial Beach overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Colonial Beach, 21.62% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Colonial Beach in 2022 was $33,890, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,560 for a family of four. However, Colonial Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Colonial Beach is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Colonial Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Colonial Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Colonial Beach include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Colonial Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Vietnamese.
