Stanley is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,702 people and two associated neighborhoods, Stanley is the 234th largest community in Virginia.Stanley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 (20.38%), healthcare suport services (11.30%), and office and administrative support (9.93%). 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. In Stanley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.92 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The population of Stanley has a very low overall level of education: only 9.76% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Stanley in 2022 was $28,382, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,528 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, Italian, and Bahamian. The most common language spoken in Stanley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
