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. Much of the housing stock in Manassas Park was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Manassas Park economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Manassas Park, where the median household income is $91,673.00.Unlike some cities, Manassas Park isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Manassas Park are a mix of both white- and blue-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. One downside of living in Manassas Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Manassas Park, the average commute to work is 38.14 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In Manassas Park, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Manassas Park is a relatively small city. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The overall education level of Manassas Park is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.02% of adults 25 and older in the city 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.
