Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,704, settled in 1910.
Stanley’s weakest subject grade is a C− for health. No town in Virginia scores lower than Stanley on civic life. Stanley has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Camp Hoover and Skyline Drive Historic District. On the outdoors, just 24 of Virginia’s 372 towns do worse. Stanley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Stanley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Stanley is from typical.
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Census counts: 218 in 1910, a low of 218 in 1910, 1,703 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 3 maps from 1967 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stanley. Close and well known come first.
4 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year3 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
6 mi CaveLuray Caverns
38 mi Stadium & arenaScott Stadium
37 mi Stadium & arenaJohn Paul Jones Arena
28 mi National forestGeorge Washington and Jefferson National ForestsShenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stanley, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Stanley.
The share of adults in Stanley who have high blood pressure is 40%, above both Virginia’s towns (33%) and U.S. towns (35%). Stanley: nearly a fifth of adults smoke cigarettes.
| Stanley | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Stanley | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 6.2% |
| More smokers | 18.8% | 12.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The public schools here belong to the Page County Public Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Enrollment at Stanley’s public school: 337 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 337 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
14% of residents live below the poverty line in Stanley. For most workers, Stanley is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. The town’s mean commuting time stands at 38 minutes, where Virginia’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Also worth knowing: it had 351 jobs in 2023, up 114 from 2013.
| Stanley | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 38 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 4.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 6.6% in value. In Stanley, the typical rent is $841 a month. The share of households in Stanley who live in a home they own: 60%.
| Stanley | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $841 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 60% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 24° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Stanley's reported crime rate is well below Virginia's. For Stanley, the property offense rate is 4.7 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Stanley | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 14.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Paid flood insurance claims in Stanley since 2003: one. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 55% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Stanley once, in 2003. 57% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 14%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Stanley; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Stanley residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Town in Virginia, United States
Stanley is a town in Page County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stanley had a population of 1,703.
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That is 5.2 years of the area's median household income ($57,037 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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