Stephens City is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 2,096 people and six associated neighborhoods, Stephens City is the 219th largest community in Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Stephens City was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Stephens City economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Stephens City, where the median household income is $90,588.00.Stephens City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Stephens City is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stephens City who work in office and administrative support (12.38%), management occupations (9.59%), and healthcare (9.34%). Also of interest is that Stephens City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Stephens City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Stephens City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Stephens City, the average commute to work is 33.18 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Stephens City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Stephens City who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.62% of adults in Stephens City have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Stephens City in 2022 was $39,459, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,836 for a family of four. However, Stephens City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Stephens City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stephens City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stephens City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Stephens City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.68% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stephens City include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Stephens City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
