Edgewood · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Stanleytown trail those of 96% of U.S. towns
9.7% of residents live below the poverty line (Virginia 9.9%). For jobs and income Stanleytown is better than 25% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (D). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stanleytown and work: the main findings
Stores, warehouses and trucking
58% of the jobs in Stanleytown are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Stanleytown are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 531 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Stanleytown’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Stanleytown’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($40,000, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Stanleytown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stanleytown could be anywhere from D to B+.
What work there is in Stanleytown: 357 jobs
357 jobs are based in Stanleytown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanleytown, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 357. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stanleytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Stanleytown: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanleytown workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 528 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Stanleytown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 518 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Stanleytown on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Martinsville
Where Stanleytown clocks in
14% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Short hops and long hauls from Stanleytown
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Stanleytown is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 560 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of Stanleytown households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stanleytown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stanleytown places 3,725th of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 15 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,723 | Proctor VT | 1,687 | $74K | 16.2% | 1.6% | 5% | C− |
| 3,724 | Somers MT | 1,280 | $57K | 8.0% | 4.7% | 3% | C− |
| 3,725 | Stanleytown VA | 1,386 | $40K | 9.7% | 4.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,726 | Bayard NE | 1,087 | $68K | 9.9% | 2.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,727 | Urbancrest OH | 1,003 | $42K | 41.5% | 23.8% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Stanleytown, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Stanleytown and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bassett (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanleytown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanleytown | – | C− | D | 18 min | $40,000 |
| Bassett | 3% | C | D | 26 min | $45,563 |
| Oak Level | 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oak Level: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stanleytown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Stanleytown: questions
What is the median household income in Stanleytown?
$40,000 (±$31,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanleytown?
9.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanleytown?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanleytown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinsville (14%, 7 mi), Collinsville (8%, 3 mi), Rocky Mount (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stanleytown walkable?
Stanleytown is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanleytown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanleytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanleytown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.