Colonial Beach is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 3,944 people and three associated neighborhoods, Colonial Beach is the 146th largest community in Virginia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Colonial Beach, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Colonial Beach, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Colonial Beach’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Colonial Beach does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $55,731.00.

Also of interest is that Colonial Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

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 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.

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 2018 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.