Work & commute · Stanley

Work & commute in Stanley, VA

Most working residents leave Stanley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Luray (18%), Harrisonburg (4%) and Winchester (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 742 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 709 Stanley residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanley.

709live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanley goes to work

Luray6.2 mi away

18%133

Stanley (in town)right here

4%33

Harrisonburg22.6 mi away

4%31

Winchester44.5 mi away

4%28

Mount Jackson13.6 mi away

2%15

Woodstock20.1 mi away

2%13

Richmond91.4 mi away

2%12

Massanutten17 mi away

2%12

New Market10.3 mi away

1%10

Elkton13.4 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%445

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Stanley commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

21%

23%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanley is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanley are

351 jobs are based in Stanley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stanley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stanley

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Stanley residents hold

742 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+48%

Jobs based in Stanley, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 351. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.