Colonial Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 18,674 people and five associated neighborhoods, Colonial Heights is the 52nd largest community in Virginia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Colonial Heights is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Colonial Heights is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Colonial Heights who work in office and administrative support (14.81%), sales jobs (10.90%), and teaching (9.21%). Also of interest is that Colonial Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.59% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Colonial Heights is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.49% of adults in Colonial Heights have a college degree. The per capita income in Colonial Heights in 2022 was $38,272, which is middle income relative to Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,088 for a family of four. However, Colonial Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Colonial Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Colonial Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Colonial Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Colonial Heights include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Colonial Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
