Stanley is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,703 people and two associated neighborhoods, Stanley is the 234th largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns, Stanley isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Stanley are a mix 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 (19.43%), office and administrative support (10.78%), and healthcare suport services (10.70%). 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 35.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The percentage of people in Stanley with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.15% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Stanley in 2022 was $30,818, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,272 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, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Stanley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
