Manassas Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 16,361 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 $91,673.00.Unlike some cities, Manassas Park isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Manassas Park are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Manassas Park is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manassas Park who work in sales jobs (12.22%), office and administrative support (10.35%), and computer science and math (9.27%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Manassas Park, the average commute to work is 38.14 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Even though Manassas Park is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.In terms of college education, Manassas Park is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.02% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Manassas Park in 2022 was $41,595, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,380 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 41.90% 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 German, Irish, English, Other Arab, and Italian. Manassas Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.55%. The most common language spoken in Manassas Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
