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Population (year 2000): 16,897. Estimated
population in July 2005: 17,567 (+4.0% change)
Males: 7,901 (46.8%), Females: 8,996 (53.2%)
Zip code:
23834
Median resident age: 39.9 years
Median household income: $43,224 (year 2000)
Median house value: $94,800 (year 2000)
Races in Colonial Heights:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.3%)
- Black (6.3%)
- Hispanic (1.6%)
- Korean (1.0%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Other race (0.6%)
- Asian Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: English (17.6%), United States
(14.5%), German (12.0%), Irish (10.1%), Italian (3.4%), Scottish
(2.5%).
Land area: 7.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Colonial Heights
- High school or higher: 83.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
- Unemployed: 2.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Colonial Heights city
- Never married: 21.9%
- Now married: 54.7%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 9.4%
- Divorced: 11.2%
4.9% Foreign born (1.9% Asia, 1.7% Europe, 0.7%
Latin America, 0.5% Africa).
Population change in the 1990s: +837 (+5.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Colonial Heights:
- HIRAM W DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles;
PETERSBURG, VA)
- SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles;
PETERSBURG, VA)
- POPLAR SPRINGS HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; PETERSBURG,
VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Colonial Heights:
- RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL (about 18 miles; RICHMOND,
VA; ID: RIC)
- NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 65
miles; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; ID: PHF)
- LANGLEY AFB (about 75 miles; HAMPTON, VA; ID: LFI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Colonial Heights:
- WATHALL CHANNEL (about 7 miles; CHESTER, VA; ID:
2G6)
- DINWIDDIE COUNTY (about 9 miles; PETERSBURG, VA; ID:
PTB)
- CHESTERFIELD COUNTY (about 13 miles; RICHMOND, VA;
ID: FCI)
Amtrak stations near Colonial Heights:
- 3 miles: PETERSBURG (ETTRICK, 3516 SOUTH ST.).
Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, full-service food facilities, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for
taxi service.
- 19 miles: RICHMOND, MAIN STREET (RICHMOND, 1500 MAIN
STREET). Services: enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms.
College/University in Colonial Heights:
- COLONIAL HEIGHTS BEAUTY ACADEMY (Full-time
enrollment: 21; Location: 1851 SOUTHPARK BLVD; Private,
for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Colonial Heights:
- VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 5 miles;
PETERSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 3,641)
- JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles;
CHESTER, VA; FT enrollment: 2,520)
- UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND (about 20 miles; RICHMOND,
VA; FT enrollment: 3,756)
- VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles;
RICHMOND, VA; FT enrollment: 18,753)
- J SARGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26
miles; RICHMOND, VA; FT enrollment: 4,906)
- COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY (about 46 miles;
WILLIAMSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 7,133)
- CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles;
NEWPORT NEWS, VA; FT enrollment: 4,432)
Public high school in Colonial Heights:
- COLONIAL HEIGHTS HIGH (Students: 879;
Location: 3600 CONDUIT RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Colonial Heights:
- MARGUERITE F. CHRISTIAN ELEM (Students: 944;
Location: 14801 WOODS EDGE RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- COLONIAL HEIGHTS MIDDLE (Students: 665;
Location: 500 CONDUIT RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- TUSSING ELEM. (Students: 598; Location: 5501
CONDUIT RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- LAKEVIEW ELEM. (Students: 351; Location: 401
TASWELL AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- NORTH ELEM. (Students: 303; Location: 3201
DALE AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
Library in Colonial Heights:
- COLONIAL HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $520,503; Location: 1000 YACHT BASIN DRIVE;
46,300 books; 3,796 audio materials; 5,197 video
materials; 117 serial subscriptions)
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