A town of 18,352. A typical home worth about $298K.
The 3 things Colonial Heights does most differently from other towns.
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The typical Colonial Heights home is worth about $298,000, up 1.3% in a year, 28% below the Virginia typical home.
Colonial Heights reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 90% report less.
6.7 miles of trails across 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Appamatuck Park | 0.6 mi | 21 |
| 2. White Bank Park | 0.1 mi | 25 |
| 3. Fort Clifton Park | — | 20 |
Most working residents leave Colonial Heights for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (11%), Petersburg (5%) and Hopewell (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.
Colonial Heights has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 90°, a January night drops to 29°, and about 4 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
The public schools Colonial Heights’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tussing Elementary | PK–5 | 652 | B |
| Lakeview Elementary | PK–5 | 422 | C− |
| North Elementary | PK–5 | 311 | C |
| Colonial Heights Middle | 6–8 | 700 | C+ |
| Colonial Heights High | 9–12 | 886 | A |
| Colonial Heights Technical Center | — | Not graded |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 38% of U.S. communities.
Colonial Heights beats the Virginia average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| What stands out | Colonial Heights | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 29.7% | 26.2% |
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 6 places on the National Register.
6 places in Colonial Heights on the National Register of Historic Places.
Independent city in Virginia, United States
Colonial Heights is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,170. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Colonial Heights (along with the City of Petersburg) with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes. Colonial Heights is located in the Tri-Cities area of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
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2 towns share a border with Colonial Heights.
