Barker Heights, North Carolina

Back to Barker Heights, NC housing info, Henderson County, North Carolina, NC smaller cities, NC small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Barker Heights, NC Henderson County Population in July 2007: 1,391. Males: 714   (51.3%) Females: 677   (48.7%) Median resident age:   32.8 years North Carolina median age:   35.3 years Zip codes: 28792. Estimated median household income in 2007: $33,553 (it was $26,726 in 2000) Barker Heights:   $33,553 North Carolina:   $44,670 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $16,111 Barker Heights:   $16,111 North Carolina:   $24,307 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $120,036 (it was $71,100 in 2000) Barker Heights:   $120,036 North Carolina:   $145,700 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $111,581; Detached houses: $119,394; In 2-unit structures: $135,906; Mobile homes: $28,273 Barker Heights, NC residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Barker Heights: White Non-Hispanic (70.4%) Hispanic (21.3%) Other race (13.1%) Black (4.9%) Two or more races (2.4%) American Indian (1.5%) Other Asian (1.1%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) 2008 cost of living index in Barker Heights: 81.3 (low, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Barker Heights, North Carolina on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: So we're thinking about moving to a small town around Asheville...  (18 replies) Nice smaller towns in Western NC?  (16 replies) What is considered country/rural areas around Asheville?  (4 replies) We want to move to Asheville!! Help  (11 replies) Help Please?  (3 replies) Ancestries: English (9.5%), Irish (8.2%), United States (6.1%), Scotch-Irish (3.0%), German (2.6%), Scottish (2.6%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Elevation: 2100 feet Land area: 1.05 square miles. Population density: 1323 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in Barker Heights, North Carolina

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Barker Heights-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 8% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 32.9 miles away from the Barker Heights place center killed 2 people and injured 35 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 tornado 49.8 miles away from the place center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Barker Heights-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above North Carolina state average. It is 85% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 99.3 miles away from Barker Heights center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML) earthquake occurred 92.1 miles away from the city center
On 8/25/2005 at 03:09:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MW, Depth: 5.0 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 44.4 miles away from the city center
On 7/30/1997 at 12:29:23, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 98.4 miles away from Barker Heights center
On 7/5/1995 at 14:16:44, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 100.0 miles away from the city center
On 12/7/2007 at 11:07:03, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 16.4 miles away from Barker Heights center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	72.2%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	4.6%
Whole state:	4.6%

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

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 0.4% of all households

This place:	13.4%
Whole state:	12.3%

This place:	3.7%
Whole state:	5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Barker Heights, NC

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8.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,762 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.39%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($419 average AGI)

Henderson County:	0.04%
North Carolina average:	0.17%

from Buncombe County, NC	1.96% ($44,461 average AGI)
from Transylvania County, NC	0.36% ($31,900)
from Polk County, NC	0.18% ($37,152)

6.49% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,307 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.49%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($200 average AGI)

Henderson County:	0.04%
North Carolina average:	0.10%

to Buncombe County, NC	1.57% ($45,806 average AGI)
to Transylvania County, NC	0.28% ($29,404)
to Polk County, NC	0.23% ($33,695)