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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Colonial Beach, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Colonial Beach, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Colonial Beach’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Colonial Beach does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $52,119.00.Unlike some towns, Colonial Beach isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Colonial Beach are a mix 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. Colonial Beach is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.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.
