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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Manassas Park, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Manassas Park, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Manassas Park’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Manassas Park does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $91,673.00.Manassas Park is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. A relatively large number of people in Manassas Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In Manassas Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.14 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. 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. Manassas Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.55%. The most common language spoken in Manassas Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
