Colonial Heights is a somewhat small city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 16,897 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Colonial Heights is the 59th largest community in Virginia.

Colonial Heights is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Colonial Heights is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Colonial Heights who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.83%), sales jobs (12.62%), and management occupations (9.37%).

Residents of Colonial Heights by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.2% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Colonial Heights may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Colonial Heights Information and Demographics

The education level of Colonial Heights citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 18.96% of adults in Colonial Heights have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Colonial Heights in 2000 was $23,659, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,636 for a family of four.

The people who call Colonial Heights home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Colonial Heights is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Colonial Heights include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Colonial Heights is English. Some people also speak Spanish.