Colonial Heights city vs Westmoreland County

A side-by-side comparison of Colonial Heights city and Westmoreland County: population, income, housing, and more.

Colonial Heights city and Westmoreland County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westmoreland County has the higher population (18,683 vs 18,210 in Colonial Heights city). Colonial Heights city has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $59,766 in Westmoreland County). Westmoreland County has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $231,700 in Colonial Heights city).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Heights city	Westmoreland County
Population	18,210	18,683
Median age	38.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$59,766
Median home value	$231,700	$244,000
Median gross rent	$1,162	$991
Housing units	8,126	11,300
Homeownership rate	68.1%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Heights city	Westmoreland County
Population	17,428 → 18,210 (+4.5%)	17,751 → 18,683 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$54,550 → $76,250 (+39.8%)	$53,853 → $59,766 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $231,700 (+34.9%)	$199,100 → $244,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,162 (+11.9%)	$948 → $991 (+4.5%)

Colonial Heights city

Population

17,42818,210

Median household income

$54,550$76,250

Median home value

$171,700$231,700

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,162

Westmoreland County

Population

17,75118,683

Median household income

$53,853$59,766

Median home value

$199,100$244,000

Median gross rent

$948$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonial Heights city	Westmoreland County
Under 5	6.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	15.3%
75 and over	8.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Heights city	Westmoreland County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	62.6%
Black or African American	17.8%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Heights city	Westmoreland County
No high school diploma	8.2%	15.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Heights city	Westmoreland County
Drove alone	79.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Heights city	Westmoreland County
1-unit, detached	79.3%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Heights city	Westmoreland County
Poverty rate	9.6%	13.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	42
Median year structure built	1970	1983