What is the population of Stanley town?

Stanley town has 4,014 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #206 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Stanley town?

Median household income in Stanley town is $71,333 a year, 9.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stanley town?

Median gross rent is $1,142 a month and the median home value is $229,000, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.

Is Stanley town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stanley town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Stanley, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Stanley, North Carolina (Stanley, NC — Census place “Stanley town”) is 4,014 residents, ranking #206 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $71,333, the median home is worth $229,000 and median gross rent runs $1,142 a month. Looking for the Stanley North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Stanley, NC: 28164.

Population: 4,014Stanley town residents
Median household income: $71,333Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $229,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,142Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71%Owner-occupied households

Stanley ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Stanley.

The Stanley NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28164

What the numbers mean in Stanley town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Stanley town median would spend about 19.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.6% of residents and 71% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Stanley town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Stanley town is a small town in North Carolina, with 4,014 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #206 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 34.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Stanley town earn a median of $71,333 a year, 9.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% above the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 6.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Stanley town is valued at $229,000, 24.5% below the national figure and 4% above the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,142 a month, 18.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,704 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Stanley town?: Stanley town has 4,014 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #206 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Stanley town?: Median household income in Stanley town is $71,333 a year, 9.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stanley town?: Median gross rent is $1,142 a month and the median home value is $229,000, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.
Is Stanley town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stanley town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Stanley town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.