Colonial Heights, VA: key statistics
Population: 18,738 (2025). Unemployment rate: 3.8% (August 2026). Median household income: $76,505 (2024).
Colonial Heights, VA in figures
Population and demography
Labor market
| Mean travel time to work | 25.5 minutes | 2024 | |
| Unemployment rate | 3.8% | August 2026 | |
| Civilian labor force | 9,357 | 2025 | |
| Employed residents | 9,041 | 2025 | |
| Unemployed people | 316 | 2025 | |
| Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 3.6% | 2024 | |
| Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 64.1% | 2024 |
Health
Income and living conditions
| Gini index | 42.1 | 2024 | |
| Median household income | $76,505 | 2024 | |
| Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate) | $37,650 | 2024 | |
| Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate) | 7.9% | 2024 |
Housing
| Housing units authorized by building permits | 15 | 2025 | |
| Homeownership rate (US, housing units) | 68.1% | 2024 | |
| Median home value | $246,600 | 2024 | |
| Median gross rent (monthly) | $1,234 | 2024 | |
| Single-family housing units authorized by building permits | 15 | 2025 | |
| Housing units | 8,114 | 2024 | |
| Households | 7,530 | 2024 | |
| Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US) | 7.2% | 2024 | |
| Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) | 55.5% | 2024 | |
| Average household size | 2.4 persons per household | 2024 |
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