Risk and competition mount up during social change，they make people in the change perceive different levels of stress. Based on the analyses of data from two-round“China General Social Survey”（CASS），this article points out that economic growth improve the people’s lives，the stress level of residents in east region is lower than the stress level of residents in middle-west region. Stresses mainly come from residents’family economic issues，including commodity price，income，and housing，etc. Stresses concerning education and health service become lower，but stresses concerning commodity price，income and housing step up. Housing difficulties bring out the highest level of stress among all the family economic issues. People can use types of social support，including informal and formal，to deal with their stresses. But those people who hold temporary jobs have higher stress level while less social support，their physical and mental health needs to be worried.