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.
One downside of living in Colonial Beach, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.55 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Colonial Beach doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Colonial Beach who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.19% of the adults in Colonial Beach have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
