What is the cost of living in Staunton-Stuarts Draft?

Staunton-Stuarts Draft has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 91.1, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 68.2, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,261/month.

What is the median salary in Staunton-Stuarts Draft?

The median salary in Staunton-Stuarts Draft is $63,276 annually (mean: $67,814). Top occupations include Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, Retail Salespersons, Registered Nurses.

How safe is Staunton-Stuarts Draft?

The violent crime rate in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft area is 223 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1590 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Staunton-Stuarts Draft?

The state of VA has 1,869 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. Charter schools make up 0.4% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Staunton-Stuarts Draft?

Infant center-based childcare in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft area averages $10,407 per year. Preschool averages $7,975/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Staunton-Stuarts Draft a good place to relocate?

Staunton-Stuarts Draft has a Life Score of 53.5/100 (D), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does Staunton-Stuarts Draft sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Staunton-Stuarts Draft ranks #102 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA

LiveAbility 56.4/100 places Staunton-Stuarts Draft #102 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

91.1
Cost index (US=100): $1,261
2BR rent / mo: $63,276
Median salary: 56.4
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Staunton-Stuarts Draft ranks #102 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (56.4/100), with its strongest marks in safety and schools.

#102
of 387 US metros · Above median: 8,811,195
metro-area population: 223
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 1,869
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: low hazard (16/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Staunton-Stuarts Draft ranks #102 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 91.1 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,261/mo, median salary $63,276; LiveAbility Score 56.4/100, strongest in safety and schools.

Signature: LiveAbility 56.4/100 places Staunton-Stuarts Draft #102 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP 91.1 lands in the cheaper third of scored metros (cuts at 91.5 / 97.0). Median 2BR rent $1,261/mo.

LiveAbility 56.4/100 puts Staunton-Stuarts Draft in the top third (#102 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft area is 42,170.

Staunton-Stuarts Draft vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

56 Top 26% higher than 74% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Staunton-Stuarts Draft housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Staunton-Stuarts Draft MSA; housing RPP 68.2 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,261/mo.

Studio

$1,088

/month

1 Bedroom

$1,095

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,261

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,734

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,941

/month

Staunton-Stuarts Draft wages and employment

Staunton-Stuarts Draft posts 42,170 total employment with median salary $63,276 against a cheaper-than-average RPP.

Median Salary

$63,276

Mean Salary

$67,814

Total Employment

42,170

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$47,310
Retail Salespersons	$33,440
Registered Nurses	$92,390
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$29,310
Cashiers	$29,530

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Staunton-Stuarts Draft area from NCES.

Schools

1,869

Enrollment

1,253,620

Student:Teacher

13.9:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Staunton-Stuarts Draft area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$10,407

per year

Toddler (Center)

$8,169

per year

Preschool (Center)

$7,975

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Staunton-Stuarts Draft's composite Life Score is 53.5/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

69/100

Strong

Wages

35/100

Below average

Rent

55/100

Above average

Crime

79/100

Strong

Schools

25/100

Weak

Childcare

53/100

Average

Environment

48/100

Average

LiveAbility Score

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Staunton-Stuarts Draft ranks #102 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 56.4/100 - a composite of 7 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data (missing dims omitted; remaining weights renormalized). Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Safety (79/100)

Safety

79
Schools

75
Cost of living

69
Climate

59
Housing

55
Job market

35
Low hazard

16

What this shows Staunton-Stuarts Draft's strongest dimensions are safety and schools; its weakest among scored dims is low hazard at 16/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%; this metro uses 7 of 8 dims with renormalized weights.

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Metros near Staunton-Stuarts Draft on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Staunton-Stuarts Draft on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Staunton-Stuarts Draft cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Staunton-Stuarts Draft wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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