Because of many things, Stony Point is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Stony Point a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Stony Point has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Stony Point’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In Stony Point, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.97 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Even though Stony Point is a smaller town, 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.
The education level of Stony Point citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.08% of adults in Stony Point have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Stony Point in 2018 was $49,448, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $197,792 for a family of four.
Stony Point is an extremely 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, followed by Black or African-American. 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 20.95% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stony Point include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Stony Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
