About Saint Stephens Church

Saint Stephens Church is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,631 people and just one neighborhood, Saint Stephens Church is the 287th largest community in Virginia.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Saint Stephens Church is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.6% of the Saint Stephens Church workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Saint Stephens Church is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Saint Stephens Church who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.32%), sales jobs (9.95%), and management occupations (6.34%).

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Saint Stephens Church are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

In Saint Stephens Church, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.24 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Saint Stephens Church does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Saint Stephens Church Information and Demographics

The population of Saint Stephens Church has a very low overall level of education: only 7.81% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Saint Stephens Church in 2000 was $14,847, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,388 for a family of four.

Saint Stephens Church is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Saint Stephens Church home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Saint Stephens Church is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Saint Stephens Church include English, German, Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Saint Stephens Church is English.