Colonial Beach, Virginia
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 6.2% since 2020.
4,151
people, the 71st-largest of Virginia's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Virginia's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
7 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
74.1%
of 746 jobs located in Colonial Beach are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is down 22% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$620
a month. Virginia's median is $1,579.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $1,081 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Westmoreland County.
- $620 Tract 104.02
- $1,701 Tract 104.01
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$825–$1,238
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $620 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
66% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 66% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.1–0.3% to the 2,510 homes here.
2–7
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 30% less than Virginia's.
$268,200
median home value in Colonial Beach.
- $268,200 Colonial Beach
- $383,700 Virginia
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year