Manassas Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 16,703 people and three associated neighborhoods, Manassas Park is the 54th largest community in Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Manassas Park was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Manassas Park economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Manassas Park, where the median household income is $91,673.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Manassas Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Manassas Park is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manassas Park who work in sales jobs (12.22%), office and administrative support (10.35%), and computer science and math (9.27%). Also of interest is that Manassas Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Manassas Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Manassas Park, the average commute to work is 38.14 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Even though Manassas Park is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The percentage of people in Manassas Park who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.02% of adults in Manassas Park have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Manassas Park in 2022 was $41,595, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,380 for a family of four. However, Manassas Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Manassas Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Manassas Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Manassas Park, accounting for 41.90% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Manassas Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Manassas Park include German, Irish, English, Other Arab, and Italian. In addition, Manassas Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (36.55%). The most common language spoken in Manassas Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
