Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Colonial Beach is worth considering.
One downside of living in Colonial Beach is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Colonial Beach, the average commute to work is 32.55 minutes, which is quite a bit 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 education level of Colonial Beach citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.19% of adults 25 and older in Colonial Beach have a college degree.
The per capita income in Colonial Beach in 2022 was $36,187, 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 $144,748 for a family of four. However, Colonial Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Colonial Beach is a somewhat 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, Italian, Irish, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Colonial Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.
