Colonial Beach vs Montross

A side-by-side comparison of Colonial Beach and Montross: population, income, housing, and more.

Colonial Beach and Montross are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colonial Beach has the higher population (3,930 vs 436 in Montross). Montross has the higher median household income ($71,500 vs $52,119 in Colonial Beach). Colonial Beach has the higher median home value ($242,800 vs $241,700 in Montross).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Beach	Montross
Population	3,930	436
Median age	46.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,119	$71,500
Median home value	$242,800	$241,700
Median gross rent	$763	$810
Housing units	2,562	193
Homeownership rate	76.5%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Beach	Montross
Population	3,574 → 3,930 (+10.0%)	431 → 436 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$43,594 → $52,119 (+19.6%)	$39,643 → $71,500 (+80.4%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $242,800 (+7.8%)	$181,600 → $241,700 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $763 (-25.9%)	$786 → $810 (+3.1%)

Colonial Beach

Population

3,5743,930

Median household income

$43,594$52,119

Median home value

$225,300$242,800

Median gross rent

$1,030$763

Montross

Population

431436

Median household income

$39,643$71,500

Median home value

$181,600$241,700

Median gross rent

$786$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonial Beach	Montross
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	25.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	5.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	16.3%	16.5%
75 and over	9.1%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Beach	Montross
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	72.5%
Black or African American	14.8%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Beach	Montross
No high school diploma	12.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	40.3%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Beach	Montross
Drove alone	88.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	4.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Beach	Montross
1-unit, detached	84.2%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Beach	Montross
Poverty rate	26.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	37	18
Median year structure built	1983	1960