Because of many things, Stony Point is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Stony Point really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Stony Point perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Being a small town, Stony Point does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Stony Point rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.62% of adults 25 and older in Stony Point have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Stony Point in 2018 was $29,251, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,004 for a family of four. However, Stony Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Stony Point is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stony Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stony Point residents report their race to be White. Stony Point also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.28% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stony Point include German, Irish, English, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Stony Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
