Because of many things, Stony Point is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Stony Point a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Stony Point has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Stony Point’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
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!) Stony Point 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. Stony Point has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stony Point than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stony Point may be for you.
One downside of living in Stony Point is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Stony Point, the average commute to work is 34.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Stony Point is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Stony Point citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.30% of adults 25 and older in Stony Point have a college degree.
The per capita income in Stony Point in 2022 was $35,574, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,296 for a family of four.
Stony Point is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stony Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stony Point residents report their race to be White. Stony Point also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.84% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stony Point include German, English, Irish, European, and Australian.
The most common language spoken in Stony Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
