Colonial Beach is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 4,038 people and three associated neighborhoods, Colonial Beach is the 146th largest community in Virginia. Colonial Beach has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. 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. One downside of living in Colonial Beach, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.71 minutes every day commuting to work. 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 citizens of Colonial Beach are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.62% of adults in Colonial Beach having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
