Colonial Heights City City, Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,961 65.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,528 8.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,432 18.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 686 3.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 649 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 34 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 62 0.3%

• Under 18 4,508 24.6%
• 18–24 1,262 6.9%
• 25–44 4,920 26.8%
• 45–64 4,298 23.4%
• 65 and over 3,364 18.3%

Median household income

$68,642

90% interval $60,714–$76,570

−$23,474 vs VA · 66th of 133

Below poverty line

9.6%

90% interval 7.3%–11.9%

−0.2 pp vs VA · 93rd of 133

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.15 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.1B

Avg. annual pay

$44,952

Establishments

740

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,964 30.6%
• Education & health services 2,334 24.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,189 22.6%
• Professional & business services 491 5.1%
• Other services 422 4.4%
• Financial activities 405 4.2%
• Public administration 290 3.0%
• Construction 172 1.8%
• Information 18 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 95.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.1%

+0.8 pp vs VA · 94th of 133

Median gross rent

$1,234

−$345 vs VA · 44th of 133

Owner-occupied

5,127

Renter-occupied

2,403

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 77% of the city workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $92,636/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,755/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 5,883 65.8%
• Democratic 2,982 33.4%
• Other / third-party 76 0.9%

• Spanish 779 4.5%
• Chinese 242 1.4%
• Vietnamese 92 0.5%
• Arabic 92 0.5%
• Tagalog 67 0.4%
• Korean 61 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 58 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%

Households

7,530

Family households

4,783

63.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,394

29.1% of families

Single-mother families

850

17.8% of families

Veterans

1,905

13.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,757 64.7%
• Catholic 4,929 27.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,521 13.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 412 2.3%

Health insured

92.4%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±2.5 pp

35th of 133

With a disability

17.0%

±2.1 pp

52nd of 133

Bachelor's or higher

28.0%

±3.1 pp

−14.2 pp vs VA · 62nd of 133

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.3%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

12th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

6 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)

Court seats

Chesterfield, Colonial Heights

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

14.45 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2