Stanleytown, Virginia.
. Martinsville, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,135 (+110%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
Living in Stanleytown, Henry County, Virginia
Stanleytown, in Henry County, had 1,385 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Henry County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Henry County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Stanleytown is a small community in Henry County, Virginia, where Reed Creek runs in or beside town. Winters are cool, with January the coldest month and nights that dip below freezing, while summers turn properly warm by July. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year, so the seasons feel distinct. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in the country as a whole, and the commute to work is fairly short.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and professional and business services also employing many. Across Henry County, the largest workplaces include Henry County Public Schools, Monogram Snacks Martinsville and United Felts. Job numbers across the county slipped in the most recent year, and unemployment there is a little lower than it was a year earlier. Only a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. Fairy Stone State Park, a protected area, and Philpott Lake, a reservoir, are both a short drive away and suit a day outdoors. Martinsville Speedway, a race track, is also a short drive away. For something indoors, the Virginia Museum of Natural History is a short drive away as well.
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- 19%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Henry County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henry County had 15,384 jobs in 2025, 2.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 66°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Philpott Dam weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Henry County
- Henry County Public SchoolsSchool district1,128FTE
- Monogram Snacks MartinsvilleSausages and other prepared meats796
- Henry County VirginiaGeneral services departments, government634
- United FeltsWet laid nonwoven fabrics manufacturing469
- Press GlassIndustrial glassware made from purchased glass407
- Eastman Performance FimsSheet, laminated plastics, manufacturing367
- Patrick & Henry Community CollegeTwo-year college331
- Live Comfortably, LLC - MartinisvillePillows, bed, made from purchased materials327
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 51 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,731 people in all across the county; Stanleytown has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Stanleytown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Henry County and the Martinsville, VA metro.
Stanleytown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Stanleytown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Stanleytown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.