The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Colonial Beach has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Colonial Beach a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
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 37.71 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 is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.62% of adults in Colonial Beach 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.
