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Orange, VA vs Colonial Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Household income in Colonial Beach, is 10% less than it is in Orange and is 31% below the National Average.
- Orange unemployment rate is 4.9%.
- Colonial Beach unemployment rate is 6.2%.
 Orange, VAColonial Beach, VAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,272  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$52,750$69,021
 Family Median Income$62,386  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Orange, VAColonial Beach, VAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock13.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.7%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock8.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock12.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K13.8%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock5.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.9%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock6.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.4%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock6.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Orange, VAColonial Beach, VAUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock17.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library6.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.0%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.3%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock4.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.0%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.5%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock7.4%13.1%
Reviews for Orange    1 Reviews

While Lake of the Woods is a lovely place to live, the actual Quality of Life isn't much. There's no public transportation. Shopping is minimual at best and if you have  More

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Reviews for Colonial Beach    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We happened upon this amazing little town about 10 years ago. We were looking for a water-oriented community that was reasonably priced and found Colonial Beach. We  More

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Over 14 years ago

The area of Colonial Beach Virginia is a very depressed and somewhat unsightly. I would not recmmend this as a place to live, t may be ok for a visit, however I did not  More

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