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Colonial Beach, VA

3,930 Population
2.4 square miles 1,605.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±10.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Westmoreland County: 48 ±2.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,890 ±$4,639 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Westmoreland County: $37,305 † ±$4,127
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$52,119 ±$10,858 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Westmoreland County: $59,766 † ±$9,891
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

26.2% ±9.2% (984  ±345) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Westmoreland County: 13.8% † 2,554 (±2.5% / ±469)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

36.6 minutes ±4 (45,800  ±9,879) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Westmoreland County: 41.6 † 261,750 (±4.2 / ±32,607)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

1,858 ±216 Number of households
  • Westmoreland County: 8,029 ±420
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.1 ±0.2 (3,869  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Westmoreland County: 2.3 18,564 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

12.9% ±12% (68  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Westmoreland County: 7.8% † 279 (±3.4% / ±124)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

2,562 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Westmoreland County: 11,300 ±18
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$242,800 ±$13,226 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Westmoreland County: $244,000 ±$9,784
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

9.3% ±6.6% (353  ±250.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 7.5% † 1,380 (±2.5% / ±449)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

87.3% ±14.4% (2,637  ±463.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 84.1% 11,924 (±5.1% / ±744.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
21.6% ±6.7% (653  ±205.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 19.7% † 2,793 (±2.8% / ±391.8)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±1.3% (45  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Westmoreland County: 3.7% 683
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

14.8% ±5.9% (441  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 12.2% † 1,836 (±2.2% / ±333)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
441 Total veterans ±178 373 Male ±171 68 Female ±50

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