There is currently 1 apartment for sale in Stavelot, at €155,000. The reported price for a flat to buy is also €155,000. Stavelot has 7,169 residents across 85.1 km², with an average age of 41. Home ownership stands at 69%, and average net income is €17,418 per person annually. Nationalities in the commune are 96.5% Belgian, 0.9% French, 0.6% Dutch, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% German, 0.3% Romanian, 0.2% Spanish and 1% other. Households average 1.2 cars.
The local housing stock is predominantly houses: they account for 88% of dwellings, compared with 12% for apartment buildings. Across the housing stock, the average home has 6.4 rooms, and buildings date from around 1940 on average. The breakdown by building type is 49.6% open-type houses, farms and castles; 14.1% semi-detached houses; 13.8% closed-type houses; 10.6% buildings and flat blocks; 7.9% other types; and 4.1% commercial houses. These are the building types found across Stavelot, alongside the apartment currently listed for sale.
From the centre, the A27/E42 is 4 minutes away by car, connecting Battice, Verviers, Malmedy and Sankt-Vith, with the route continuing towards Bitburg in Germany. The A26/E25 towards Liège, Bastogne and Neufchâteau is 24 minutes away. Local roads include the N62, N62c, N68, N68b and N622. TEC buses serving the commune include lines 142, 294, 395, 744 and 745. The nearest railway stations to the centre are Coo, Trois-Ponts, Spa-Géronstéron, Spa and Vielsalm. Liège Airport can be reached in 42 minutes by car or 160 minutes by public transport.
Stavelot has 8 nurseries, 6 nursery schools, 6 primary schools and 3 secondary schools. Examples named locally include Les Petits Chats nursery, Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Stavelot, Ecole Fondamentale Communale, Ecole Fondamentale Libre Saint-Remacle, College Saint-Remacle D.o.a. and Athenee Royal Ardenne - Hautes Fagnes. The supermarkets listed for the commune are 1 OKay, 1 Carrefour and 1 Delhaize. There is 1 electric-vehicle charging station, but no shared-bike or shared-car service. Business activity includes 28 restaurant and mobile food-service companies, 26 hairdressing and beauty-treatment businesses, 24 firms renting and operating real estate, and 20 joinery-installation companies.