Colonial Beach Jobs

Colonial Beach is a town in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,228 at the 2000 census. Possessing the second largest beach front in the state, Colonial Beach was a popular resort town in the early to mid-20th century, before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge made ocean beaches on the Delmarva Peninsula more accessible to visitors from Washington, D.C. Because the Maryland state line ended at the "low water mark" of Virginia's Potomac River shore, from 1949 to 1958 Colonial Beach offered slot machines in pier casinos extending into legal Maryland waters. Colonial Beach has twice been devastated by hurricanes, Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and Hurricane Isabel in 2003. The family of Alexander Graham Bell maintained a summer home in Colonial Beach, The Bell House which still stands today. Sloan Wilson, author of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, retired and died in Colonial Beach.

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Among the most common occupations in Colonial Beach are Sales and office occupations, 27%. Management, professional, and related occupations, 24%. and Service occupations, 19%. Approximately 64 percent of workers in Colonial Beach, Virginia work for companies, 23 percent work for the government and 8 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Colonial Beach Jobs are for physical therapist jobs, principal engineer jobs, speech language pathologist jobs, assistant manager jobs, occupational therapist jobs and physical therapy jobs.

The leading industries in Colonial Beach, Virginia are Educational, health and social services, 14%; Public administration, 11%; and Construction, 11%. Simply Hired's Colonial Beach job listings indicate that the following industries in Colonial Beach are hiring the most workers: Catering Services, Food Service Contractors, Satellite Communications, Misc Telecommunications Providers and Search & Navigation Instrument Mfg.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Colonial Beach, Virginia is $24,768, and the median income of households in Colonial Beach was $31,711.

Colonial Beach has an unemployment rate of 5.0%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Colonial Beach Trends data, the number of Colonial Beach, Virginia jobs has increased by 77% since March 2008.

Population of Colonial Beach Total population 3,228 Male 45.26% Female 54.74% Median age 43.8     Colonial Beach Housing Owner-occupied homes 64.9% Median cost of a home $87,600 Median mortgage payment $604 Renter-occupied homes 35.1% Vacant housing 29.2% Median monthly rent $538     Average Income Median for all male full-time $30,000 Median for all female full-time $19,535     Household Income Less than $10,000 17% $10,000 to $14,999 10% $15,000 to $24,999 16% $25,000 to $34,999 11% $35,000 to $49,999 15% $50,000 to $74,999 17% $75,000 to $99,999 10% $100,000 to $149,999 3% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 12% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 19% High school graduate 34% Some college, no degree 24% Associate's degree 2% Bachelor's degree 6% Graduate degree 2%     Marital Status Never married 23% Currently married 49% Separated 6% Widowed 11% Divorced 11%     Race White 80% Black or African American 17% Asian 1% Other 2%     Colonial Beach Commute Carpool 17.7% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 35 minutes

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