Colonial Heights city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Colonial Heights city economy

• 3.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.3% the month before

• 9,174

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 18,210

  people in Colonial Heights city

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $76,250

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 36%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Colonial Heights city outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.2% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.6 points from a year ago

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Colonial Heights city layoffs

No layoff notices naming Colonial Heights city in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Employers hiring most in Colonial Heights city

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

1. Carvana3 open roles
2. AT&T1 open role
3. City of Colonial Heights, VA1 open role
4. Covetrus1 open role
5. Family Health Centers1 open role
6. Human Capital Ventures1 open role
7. Job Juncture1 open role
8. Joseph Michaels International1 open role
9. Kokosing1 open role
10. R+L Carriers1 open role

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