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Wilson County

Population in July 2007: 698. Population change since 2000: -2.4%
 

Males: 325  (46.6%)
Females: 373  (53.4%)

Median resident age:  34.4 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 27813.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $33,845 (it was $30,368 in 2000)
Black Creek:  $33,845
North Carolina:  $44,670

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $83,210 (it was $59,500 in 2000)
Black Creek:  $83,210
North Carolina:  $145,700

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Races in Black Creek:

  • White Non-Hispanic (76.2%)
  • Black (18.9%)
  • Two or more races (2.4%)
  • Hispanic (2.2%)
  • American Indian (1.0%)
  • Other race (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Black Creek: 80.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (17.5%), Irish (14.6%), English (5.3%), French Canadian (3.1%), German (2.2%), Italian (1.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 126 feet

Land area: 0.67 square miles.

Population density: 1038 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Black Creek

  • High school or higher: 74.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
  • Unemployed: 6.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Black Creek town

  • Never married: 31.5%
  • Now married: 45.9%
  • Separated: 2.2%
  • Widowed: 7.4%
  • Divorced: 13.1%

13 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.8%
North Carolina:  5.3%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Black Creek, North Carolina in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Black Creek to the number of sex offenders is 349 to 1.

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

Black Creek:  1.2% ($687)
North Carolina:  0.9% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Rocky Mount, NC (23.1 miles , pop. 55,893).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (41.9 miles , pop. 276,093).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (338.0 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Lucama, NC (2.1 miles ), Wilson, NC (2.6 miles ), Stantonsburg, NC (2.6 miles ), Fremont, NC (2.6 miles ), Eureka, NC (2.7 miles ), Saratoga, NC (3.0 miles ), Pikeville, NC (3.2 miles ), Sims, NC (3.3 miles) .

Latitude: 35.64 N, Longitude: 77.93 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 252

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Population change in the 1990s: +55 (+8.3%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (29%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Wood products (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Social assistance (10%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (14%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)
  • Child care workers (5%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)



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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  4.30
US city average:  3.00

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Black Creek-area historical tornado activity is above North Carolina state average. It is 52% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/28/1984, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 22.9 miles away from the Black Creek town center killed 16 people and injured 153 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 3/28/1984, a category 4 tornado 25.3 miles away from the town center killed 3 people and injured 149 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Black Creek:
  • WILSON MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; WILSON, NC)
  • CHERRY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; GOLDSBORO, NC)
  • WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; GOLDSBORO, NC)

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Amtrak stations near Black Creek:
  • 7 miles: WILSON (401 E. NASH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service.
  • 18 miles: GOLDSBORO (410 N. JOHN ST.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, intercity bus service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Black Creek:
  • PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,072)
  • EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 16,633)
  • SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 2,299)
  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 41 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
  • WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 4,754)
  • MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 45 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 2,173)
  • CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY INC (about 49 miles; BUIES CREEK, NC; FT enrollment: 5,286)
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Black Creek and their reported violations in the past:

BLACK CREEK, TOWN OF (Population served: 1953, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and MAR-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-25-2004), St Public Notif requested (AUG-25-2004)
  • CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2003 and OCT-08-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-08-2003), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-04-2003), St Public Notif requested (DEC-04-2003)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2003 and OCT-08-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-18-2003), St Public Notif requested (SEP-18-2003), St Compliance achieved (OCT-08-2003)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and OCT-08-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-25-2002), St Formal NOV issued (JAN-25-2002), St Compliance achieved (OCT-08-2003)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and NOV-03-1999, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-03-1999)
  • One regular monitoring violation
  • One other older monitoring violation

Average household size:
This town:  2.5 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  75.6%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  6.1%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  16.9%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  11.2%
Whole state:  5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Black Creek, NC


4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters


Black Creek compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Black Creek (2009 data):
  • Branch Banking and Trust Company: Black Creek Branch at 210 West Center Street, branch established on 1962-06-20. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation



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2004 Presidential Election results in Wilson County North Carolina:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
  • Electricity (42%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
  • Utility gas (4%)
  • Wood (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)


Religon statistics for Black Creek

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchOriginal Free Will BaptistsChristian Church (Disciples of Christ)Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents24.3%18.3%17.2%8.3%5.6%
Congregations13.6%10.7%17.5%6.8%6.8%
NameInternational Pentecostal Holiness ChurchCatholic ChurchChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Episcopal ChurchOther religions
Adherents4.5%4.2%3.9%3.3%10.4%
Congregations13.6%1.0%3.9%1.9%24.3%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


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
Financial Administration 1$3,708$44,4960$0
Other Government Administration 2$4,860$29,1600$0
Police Protection - Officers 3$8,043$32,1720$0
Streets and Highways 2$3,899$23,3940$0
Water Supply 1$2,918$35,0160$0
Electric Power 1$4,581$54,9720$0
Other and Unallocable 0$0 3$2,701
Totals for Government 10$28,009$33,6113$2,701



Black Creek government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $244,000
    Solid Waste Management: $30,000
    All Other: $6,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $595,000
    Police Protection: $102,000
    Sewerage: $102,000
    Regular Highways: $68,000
    Central Staff Services: $45,000
    Water Utilities: $44,000
    Solid Waste Management: $30,000
    Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $5,000
    General - Other: $3,000
  • Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $85,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $0
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $39,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $270,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $254,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $16,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $52,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $12,000
    Rents: $6,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $402,000
    Electric Utilities: $132,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,494,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $825,000
    Water Utilities: $105,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $24,000
    General Support: $9,000
  • Tax - Property: $116,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $265,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $16,000

5.21% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,899 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.21%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($176 average AGI)
Wilson County:  0.04%
North Carolina average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Nash County, NC  0.98% ($21,318 average AGI)
from Wake County, NC  0.31% ($41,500)
from Johnston County, NC  0.29% ($32,218)


5.40% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,657 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.40%
North Carolina average:  7.27%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($198 average AGI)
Wilson County:  0.04%
North Carolina average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Nash County, NC  0.83% ($30,049 average AGI)
to Wake County, NC  0.67% ($40,045)
to Pitt County, NC  0.37% ($25,880)


Strongest AM radio stations in Black Creek:
  • WGTM (590 AM; 5 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: SPIRIT BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WLLY (1350 AM; 1 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: ESTUARDO VALDEMAR RODRIGUEZ AND LEONOR RODRIGUEZ, JT TENANTS)
  • WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WVOT (1420 AM; 1 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: KINGDOM EXPANSION CORPORATION)
  • WGBR (1150 AM; 5 kW; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
  • WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WGHB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FARMVILLE, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA, INC.)
  • WDJS (1430 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT OLIVE, NC; Owner: MOUNT OLIVE BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WMPM (1270 AM; 5 kW; SMITHFIELD, NC; Owner: CAROLINA BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
  • WEED (1390 AM; 5 kW; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
  • WRNS (960 AM; 5 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Black Creek:
  • WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFXK (104.3 FM; TARBORO, NC; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WYMY (96.9 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
  • WRNS-FM (95.1 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WRAL (101.5 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAL-FM, INC.)
  • WRQM (90.9 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
  • WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WRSV (92.1 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
  • WKIX (102.3 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCPE (89.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION CORPORATION)
  • WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WSAY-FM (98.5 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
  • W276AX (103.1 FM; PRINCETON, ETC., NC; Owner: GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
  • WKNS (90.3 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WYFL (92.5 FM; HENDERSON, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WBBB (96.1 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • W274AK (102.7 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WAGO (88.7 FM; SNOW HILL, NC; Owner: PATHWAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Black Creek:
  • WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
  • WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WUNK-TV (Channel 25; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WNCR-LP (Channel 20; WILSON, NC; Owner: ON THE MAP, INC.)
  • WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WRPX (Channel 47; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PAXSON RALEIGH LICENSE, INC.)
  • WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
  • WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WHFL-LP (Channel 56; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: FREE LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WUNP-TV (Channel 36; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • W66DK (Channel 66; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WYDO (Channel 14; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF EASTERN CAROLINA LICENSE LLC)
  • WARZ-LP (Channel 34; SMITHFIELD/SELMA, NC; Owner: WATERS & BROCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W63CW (Channel 63; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WHIG-LP (Channel 57; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: ACTION COMMUNITY TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W60CV (Channel 60; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)


FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1
  • Black Creek Wtp- 0.1 Mi Se Of Junction Mercer St & Central Rd, Type: Building, Structure height: 9.1 m, Call Sign: WPWE285
    Assigned Frequencies : 456.037 MHz
    Grant Date: 10/25/2002, Expiration Date: 10/25/2012, Certifier: Greg Gates
    Registrant: Micro-Comm, Inc, 15895 S Pflumm Rd, Olathe, KS 66062, Phone: (913) 390-4500, Fax: (913) 390-4550, Email:


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 1
  • Hazardous Condition: 1

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