StickleyvilleVA
Settled in 1850, this town now has 143 residents.
Is Stickleyville a good place to live?
32% of residents live below the poverty line in Stickleyville, against 7.7% in Virginia’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Among 254 Virginia towns, just 3 have a higher midpoint age than Stickleyville. Stickleyville’s trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile, where Virginia’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Stickleyville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
143 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Stickleyville.
Stickleyville stands out in Virginia and nationally: the FEMA risk score there is higher
FEMA puts 75% of Stickleyville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to drought. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Stickleyville’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
Stickleyville had 43 jobs in 2023, up 24 from 2013. The top destinations are Big Stone Gap (10%), Jonesville (7%) and Wise (5%). The median commute is under 20 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Stickleyville is cooler than in the typical Virginia or U.S. town
Stickleyville brings chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 26° and about 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Stickleyville is
19% of Stickleyville adults report frequent mental distress. Among 254 Virginia towns, just 10 have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Stickleyville.
| Stickleyville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Stickleyville | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 6.2% |
| More smokers | 19.2% | 12.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.1% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Stickleyville
Moving to Stickleyville: who provides what
Stickleyville is unincorporated, so Lee County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
100% of working residents leave Stickleyville for work
Where Stickleyville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Stickleyville
About 0 of every 100 Stickleyville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Stickleyville
Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Stickleyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Virginia, United States. It has also been known as Stickleysville. The community was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Stickleyville had a population of 279. The community is concentrated along U.S. Route 421 near the Lee County/Scott County line in the Wallen Creek Valley. Duffield lies across Powell Mountain to the east, and Pennington Gap lies across Wallen Ridge to the northwest. A post office was established as Stickleysville in 1850. The community was named for Vastine Stickley, a pioneer settler.
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,631 ft
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