Stanley is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,702 people and two associated neighborhoods, Stanley is the 234th largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Stanley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Stanley is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Stanley who work in maintenance occupations (20.38%), healthcare suport services (11.30%), and office and administrative support (9.93%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Stanley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Stanley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stanley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stanley may be for you. One downside of living in Stanley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Stanley, the average commute to work is 34.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Stanley have a very low rate of college education: just 9.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Stanley in 2022 was $28,382, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,528 for a family of four. However, Stanley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Stanley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stanley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Stanley include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Bahamian. The most common language spoken in Stanley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
