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Colonial Heights, VA
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Living in Colonial Heights



Colonial Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 18,294 people and five associated neighborhoods, Colonial Heights is the 52nd largest community in Virginia.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.70% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

As is often the case in a small city, Colonial Heights doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Colonial Heights is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.08% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Colonial Heights in 2018 was $37,039, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,156 for a family of four. However, Colonial Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Colonial Heights is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Colonial Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Colonial Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Colonial Heights include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Colonial Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.


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