Alamance, North Carolina

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Population in July 2007: 342.

Males: 159	(46.8%)
Females: 183	(53.2%)

Median resident age:	42.6 years
North Carolina median age:	35.3 years

Zip codes: 27201.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $36,644 (it was $34,583 in 2000)

Alamance:	$36,644
North Carolina:	$44,670

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $22,579

Alamance:	$22,579
North Carolina:	$24,307

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $144,160 (it was $99,200 in 2000)

Alamance:	$144,160
North Carolina:	$145,700

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $169,175; Detached houses: $170,511; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $261,323; Mobile homes: $67,500

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Races in Alamance:

White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
Black (1.3%)
American Indian (1.3%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Alamance: 85.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (18.1%), English (16.8%), German (10.6%), Irish (3.5%), Scotch-Irish (2.9%), Scottish (2.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 550 feet

Land area: 0.71 square miles.

Population density: 480 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Alamance

High school or higher: 73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 9.2%
Unemployed: 1.9%
Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Alamance village

Never married: 9.3%
Now married: 56.3%
Separated: 0.7%
Widowed: 17.6%
Divorced: 16.1%

0 residents are foreign born

This village:	0.0%
North Carolina:	5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this village in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Alamance:	0.5% ($522)
North Carolina:	0.9% ($826)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greensboro, NC (18.8 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (362.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Burlington, NC (2.2 miles ), Elon College, NC (2.2 miles ), Whitsett, NC (2.4 miles ), Graham, NC (2.4 miles ), Gibsonville, NC (2.4 miles ), Glen Raven, NC (2.5 miles ), Swepsonville, NC (2.7 miles ), Sedalia, NC (2.9 miles ).

Latitude: 36.03 N, Longitude: 79.49 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 336

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Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (23%)
Health care (9%)
Transportation equipment (7%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Printing and related support activities (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (19%)
Health care (17%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Textile mills and textile products (6%)
Apparel (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (6%)
Engineers (4%)
Social scientists and related workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
Child care workers (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)

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Alamance-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 7% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/23/1992, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.6 miles away from the Alamance village center killed 2 people and injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 11/28/1988, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 42.8 miles away from the village center killed 4 people and injured 154 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

Alamance-area historical earthquake activity is below North Carolina state average. It is 96% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/25/2006 at 05:44:25, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 91.3 miles away from Alamance center
On 6/5/1998 at 02:31:01, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 83.9 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Alamance:

ALAMANCE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles; BURLINGTON, NC)
KINDRED HOSPITAL GREENSBORO (about 17 miles; GREENSBORO, NC)
MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,THE (about 17 miles; GREENSBORO, NC)

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Amtrak stations near Alamance:

6 miles: BURLINGTON (110 E. WEBB ST.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
20 miles: GREENSBORO (2603 OAKLAND AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Alamance:

ELON COLLEGE (about 10 miles; ELON, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,993)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO (about 18 miles; GREENSBORO, NC; FT enrollment: 10,868)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (about 22 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; FT enrollment: 22,324)
GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles; JAMESTOWN, NC; FT enrollment: 4,810)
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; HIGH POINT, NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV (about 31 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 6,970)
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 4,487)

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Tourist attraction: Alamance Battleground State Historic Site (Museums; Battleground Road).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Alamance and their reported violations in the past:

KIMESVILLE ROAD BAPTIST CH (Population served: 90, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-14-2000), St Public Notif requested (SEP-14-2000), St Compliance achieved (AUG-26-2004)

Past monitoring violations:

Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-10-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice

Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-10-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice

Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-18-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice

Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-29-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice

Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In SEP-2003, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-31-2003), St Public Notif requested (OCT-31-2003), St Compliance achieved (AUG-26-2004)

16 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

5 other older monitoring violations

MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 25, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-29-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice

3 routine major monitoring violations

One minor monitoring violation

2 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This village:	2.1 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This village:	62.2%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This village:	4.1%
Whole state:	4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This village:	6.4%
Whole state:	12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This village:	1.2%
Whole state:	5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Alamance, NC

Alamance compared to North Carolina state average:

Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
House age above state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

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2004 Presidential Election results in Alamance County North Carolina:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (56%) Electricity (19%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)

Religion statistics for Alamance

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	United Church of Christ	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Catholic Church
Adherents	30.5%	25.5%	11.8%	7.5%	5.5%
Congregations	21.6%	17.6%	15.7%	7.8%	0.7%

Name	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Church of the Nazarene	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Other religions
Adherents	2.1%	1.8%	1.7%	1.7%	12.0%
Congregations	3.3%	1.3%	2.0%	5.2%	24.8%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	1	$2,318	$27,816	0	$0
Totals for Government	1	$2,318	$27,816	0	$0

Alamance government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $97,000
Solid Waste Management: $5,000
Current Operations - Sewerage: $60,000
Solid Waste Management: $30,000

Water Utilities: $26,000

Central Staff Services: $19,000

Financial Administration: $16,000

General - Other: $6,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $38,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $10,000
General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $3,000
Central Staff: $2,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $612,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $42,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $13,000
Highways: $12,000
Tax - Property: $71,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $11,000

6.29% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,411 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.29%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($132 average AGI)
Alamance County: 0.05%
North Carolina average: 0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Guilford County, NC	1.00% ($37,384 average AGI)
from Orange County, NC	0.77% ($34,930)
from Durham County, NC	0.31% ($51,130)

5.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,670 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.34%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($287 average AGI)
Alamance County: 0.05%
North Carolina average: 0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Guilford County, NC	1.13% ($35,034 average AGI)
to Orange County, NC	0.47% ($33,657)
to Wake County, NC	0.32% ($48,133)

Strongest AM radio stations in Alamance:

WPCM (920 AM; 5 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
WSML (1200 AM; 10 kW; GRAHAM, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
WBAG (1150 AM; 1 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC)
WWBG (1470 AM; 10 kW; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING COPORATION)
WRTP (1530 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
WDNC (620 AM; 5 kW; DURHAM, NC)
WRBZ (850 AM; 10 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: ALCHEMY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #1)
WGSB (1060 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MEBANE, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
WCOG (1320 AM; 5 kW; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WKXR (1260 AM; 5 kW; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: RANDOLPH BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Alamance:

WKXU (101.1 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
WOZN (98.7 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
WRSN (93.9 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WUNC (91.5 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
WVBZ (100.3 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQMG-FM (97.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
WKRR (92.3 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
WDCG (105.1 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WJMH (102.1 FM; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
WSOE (89.3 FM; ELON COLLEGE, NC; Owner: ELON COLLEGE)
WMQX-FM (93.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WNAA (90.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: NC AGRICULTURAL & TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY)
WFDD (88.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY)
WGBT (94.5 FM; EDEN, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WKZL (107.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
WRAL (101.5 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAL-FM, INC.)
WXYC (89.3 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: STUDENT EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING, INC.)
W243AL (96.5 FM; BROWNS SUMMIT, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Alamance:

WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
WUPN-TV (Channel 48; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WUPN LICENSEE, LLC)
WXLV-TV (Channel 45; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WXLV LICENSEE, LLC)
WTWB-TV (Channel 20; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: WTWB OF THE TRIAD, LLC)
WLXI-TV (Channel 61; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
WUNC-TV (Channel 4; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
WGPX (Channel 16; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: PAXSON GREENSBORO LICENSE, INC.)
WGHP (Channel 8; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: WGHP LICENSE, INC.)
WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
WACN-LP (Channel 34; APEX, NC; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
WDRL-TV (Channel 24; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: DANVILLE TELEVISION PARTNERSHIP)
WXIV-LP (Channel 14; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA BLUE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

Alamance fatal accident list:
Mar 9, 1988 03:10 AM, 62, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3

Call Sign: KC4GJR, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 11/08/1988, Expiration Date: 11/08/1998, Cancelation Date: 11/09/2000
Registrant: Allen G Turner, Alamance, NC 27201
Call Sign: WB4VAB, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00052408
Grant Date: 09/02/2008, Expiration Date: 11/04/2017, Certifier: Tommy A Turner
Registrant: Tommy A Turner, Alamance, NC 27201
Call Sign: KG4RHF, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00458970
Grant Date: 01/30/2002, Expiration Date: 01/30/2012, Certifier: Anthony B Helton
Registrant: Anthony B Helton, Alamance, NC 27201-0025

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 3

Aircraft: MOONEY M20J (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 126 mph), Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 201WF , Serial Number: 24-0255, Year manufactured: 1977, Airworthiness Date: 07/20/1977
Registrant (Co-Owned): David W Carr, Po Box 514, Alamance, NC 27201, Other Owners: Kristina T Carr
Aircraft: BEECH B35 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 120 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 5118C , Serial Number: D-2403, Year manufactured: 1950, Airworthiness Date: 07/18/1956
Registrant (Individual): Michael R Hammill, Po Box 417, Alamance, NC 27201
Aircraft: PIPER J3C-65 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 67 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 98396 , Serial Number: 18581, Year manufactured: 1946, Airworthiness Date: 05/10/1956
Registrant (Partnership): Sara Shoffner, Po Box 309, Alamance, NC 27201, Other Owners: L R Shoffner

	B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	1	$170,230	1	$142,650
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0	1	$153,840
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0

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