Manassas Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 16,611 people and three associated neighborhoods, Manassas Park is the 54th largest community in Virginia. Manassas Park has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Manassas Park, where the median household income is $100,668.00.
Also of interest is that Manassas Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.95% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Manassas Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.15 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Even though Manassas Park is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The percentage of people in Manassas Park who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.48% of adults in Manassas Park have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Manassas Park in 2022 was $43,662, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $174,648 for a family of four. However, Manassas Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Manassas Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Manassas Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Manassas Park, accounting for 45.92% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Manassas Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Manassas Park include Irish, German, English, Other Arab, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Manassas Park's cultural character, accounting for 36.63% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Manassas Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.