Stuarts Draft is a medium-sized town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 12,142 people and two associated neighborhoods, Stuarts Draft is the 67th largest community in Virginia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Stuarts Draft is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.88% of the Stuarts Draft workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Stuarts Draft is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Stuarts Draft who work in office and administrative support (11.40%), sales jobs (9.76%), and management occupations (7.69%). 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!) Stuarts Draft 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. Stuarts Draft has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stuarts Draft than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stuarts Draft may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Stuarts Draft doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Stuarts Draft is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.10% of adults 25 and older in Stuarts Draft have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Stuarts Draft in 2022 was $40,074, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $160,296 for a family of four. However, Stuarts Draft contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Stuarts Draft home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stuarts Draft residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Stuarts Draft include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Stuarts Draft is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
