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.
