Colonial Heights city, Virginia
County seat: Colonial Heights · Population 18,738 (2025) · 8 sq mi
Colonial Heights city is the 83rd most populous of Virginia's 133 counties, with 18,738 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Colonial Heights. The map shows its 1 city or town and the 2 neighboring counties.
Colonial Heights city facts
- County seat
- Colonial Heights
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 18,738 +3.3% since 2020
- Land area
- 8 sq mi 125th largest of 133
- Water area
- 0 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,492 per sq mi
- Largest city
- Colonial Heights 18,738
- Median household income
- $76,505
- Cities and towns
- 1
- ZIP codes
- 1
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 51570
Cities and towns in Colonial Heights city
Colonial Heights city has 1 incorporated place. Populations count the people living inside Colonial Heights city; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Heights (county seat) | City | 18,738 |
ZIP codes in Colonial Heights city
1 ZIP code reaches into Colonial Heights city. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 23834 also Chesterfield County
Population of Colonial Heights city, 2020–2025
Colonial Heights city grew by 593 people (+3.3%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 121 more deaths than births and a net gain of 718 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 18,162 |
| 2021 | 18,199 |
| 2022 | 18,241 |
| 2023 | 18,409 |
| 2024 | 18,620 |
| 2025 | 18,738 |
Neighboring counties
- Chesterfield County northwest · 397,148 people
- Petersburg city south · 33,734 people
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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