Montgomery County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 28.9. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 8.85. This is about average. There were 12 monitors within city limits.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Candor and their reported violations in the past:
CANDOR, TOWN OF (Population served: 875, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
MARCUS UMC (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-18-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUL-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-25-2005), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-07-2005)
- 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
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-07-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 12 routine major monitoring violations
- One minor monitoring violation
- 4 regular monitoring violations
- 3 other older monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2011: 25.2%
(13.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 30.3% for Black residents, 44.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 19.5% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.8 people | | North Carolina: |  2.5 people |
| This town: | 67.6% | | Whole state: | 66.7% |
| This town: | 6.1% | | Whole state: | 5.9% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Candor, NC
13 people in group homes intended for adults in 2010
2 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional) in 2010
45 people in other group homes in 2000
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters in 2000
Candor compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Candor (2011 data):
- First Bank: Candor Branch at South Main Street, branch established on 1912/03/11. Info updated 2011/01/25: Bank assets: $3,289.4 mil, Deposits: $2,759.1 mil, headquarters in Troy, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 98 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancorp
- The Fidelity Bank: Candor Branch at 225 North Main Street, branch established on 1981/02/23. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $1,422.4 mil, Deposits: $1,234.1 mil, headquarters in Fuquay Varina, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 66 total offices, Holding Company: Fidelity Bancshares (N.C.), Inc.
Educational Attainment (%) in 2011
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
Presidential Elections Results
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1996 Presidential Elections Results
2000 Presidential Elections Results
2004 Presidential Elections Results
2008 Presidential Elections Results
2012 Presidential Elections Results
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Candor (based on Montgomery County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 45.13%
| Here | | 45.1% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | The Wesleyan Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Catholic Church |
|---|
| Adherents | 42.2% | 28.2% | 13.9% | 5.8% | 3.0% |
|---|
| Congregations | 34.3% | 31.4% | 7.1% | 8.6% | 1.4% |
|---|
| Name | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | United Church of Christ | Church of God of Prophecy | Other |
|---|
| Adherents | 2.9% | 2.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
|---|
| Congregations | 5.7% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
|---|
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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 4 | This county: | 1.46 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Montgomery County: | 0.37 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | This county: | 0.73 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 16 | Montgomery County: | 5.86 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 11 | Montgomery County: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult obesity rate: | This county: | 30.8% | | North Carolina: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Montgomery County: | 19.1% | | North Carolina: | 15.6% |
| 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 | $3,193 | $38,316 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $4,907 | $29,442 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,557 | $30,684 | 1 | $396 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $3,868 | $46,416 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,862 |
| Totals for Government |
5 | $14,525 | $34,860 | 2 | $2,258 |
Candor government finances in 2002(per resident):
- Charges - Sewerage: $156,000 ($186.16)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $146,000 ($174.22)
Sewerage: $136,000 ($162.29)
Solid Waste Management: $87,000 ($103.82)
Central Staff Services: $68,000 ($81.15)
Regular Highways: $61,000 ($72.79)
Water Utilities: $58,000 ($69.21)
Fire Protection: $19,000 ($22.67)
General Public Buildings: $11,000 ($13.13)
Libraries: $10,000 ($11.93)
Parks & Recreation: $6,000 ($7.16)
General - Other: $6,000 ($7.16)
- General - Interest on Debt: $17,000 ($20.29)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $94,000 ($112.17)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $280,000 ($334.13)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $255,000 ($304.30)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $25,000 ($29.83)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $27,000 ($32.22)
General Revenue, NEC: $17,000 ($20.29)
Rents: $8,000 ($9.55)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $5,000 ($5.97)
Police Protection: $2,000 ($2.39)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,005,000 ($1199.28)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $67,000 ($79.95)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $46,000 ($54.89)
Highways: $33,000 ($39.38)
All Other: $1,000 ($1.19)
- Tax - Property: $209,000 ($249.40)
NEC: $4,000 ($4.77)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $132,000 ($157.52)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
5.42% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,155 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.42% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.90% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,811 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.90% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Candor:
- WEEB (990 AM; 10 kW; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: PINEHURST BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WJRM (1390 AM; 1 kW; TROY, NC; Owner: FAMILY WORSHIP MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WLWL (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ROCKINGHAM, NC; Owner: SANDHILLS BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WIOZ (550 AM; 1 kW; PINEHURST, NC; Owner: MUIRFIELD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WKXR (1260 AM; 5 kW; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: RANDOLPH BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Candor:
- WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKRR (92.3 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
- WBFY (90.3 FM; PINEHURST, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WIOZ-FM (102.5 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: MERIDIAN COMMUNICATIONS. L.L.C.)
- WYFQ-FM (93.5 FM; WADESBORO, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WTJY (89.5 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WQMG-FM (97.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WRSN (93.9 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WOZN (98.7 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WUNC (91.5 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
- WKXU (101.1 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WVBZ (100.3 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W290AD (105.9 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WABZ-FM (100.9 FM; ALBEMARLE, NC; Owner: SUSQUEHANNA RADIO CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Candor:
- WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
- W29BC (Channel 29; BISCOE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
- 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.)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WGHP (Channel 8; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: WGHP LICENSE, INC.)
- WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
- WYBE-CA (Channel 44; PINEHURST, NC; Owner: MULTIMEDIA NETWORK OF NC, INC)
- WUNG-TV (Channel 58; CONCORD, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WAXN (Channel 64; KANNAPOLIS, NC; Owner: WSOC-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Candor)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 48 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Lat: 35.295000 Lon: -79.745556, Call Sign: WPYD617
Assigned Frequencies: 468.762 MHz, 468.837 MHz, 469.137 MHz, 469.462 MHz, 469.637 MHz, 469.662 MHz, 469.887 MHz, 457.512 MHz, 457.537 MHz, 457.562 MHz, 457.587 MHz, 457.612 MHz
Grant Date: 07/23/2003, Expiration Date: 07/23/2013, Certifier: Rochelle Wolf
Registrant: Hm Electronics, Inc., 14110 Stowe Drive, Poway, CA 92064, Phone: (858) 535-6015, Fax: (858) 452-7207, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - EMERY, Off N.C. Highway 731 (Lat: 35.249472 Lon: -79.757861), Type: Tower, Structure height: 69.2 m, Overall height: 71.3 m, Call Sign: WQPR219
Assigned Frequencies: 11245.0 MHz
Grant Date: 07/24/2012, Expiration Date: 07/24/2022, Certifier: Chris Harris
Registrant: Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, 2101 Rexford Rd, Ste 200e, Charlotte, NC 28211, Phone: (704) 936-1801, Fax: (704) 936-1801, Email:
- EMERY, Off N.C. Highway 731 (Lat: 35.249472 Lon: -79.757861), Type: Mast, Structure height: 69.2 m, Overall height: 71.3 m, Call Sign: WQQS870
Assigned Frequencies: 5945.20 MHz
Grant Date: 02/25/2013, Expiration Date: 02/25/2023, Certifier: Charles Cleary
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: PIPER J3C-65 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 67 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 98632 , Serial Number: 18860, Year manufactured: 1946
Registrant (Individual): Hugh Reynolds, , Candor, NC 27229
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Candor, NC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| William | 50 | 70.4 years |
| James | 48 | 71.2 years |
| John | 38 | 71.7 years |
| Mary | 26 | 72.5 years |
| Robert | 16 | 70.6 years |
| Annie | 14 | 81.3 years |
| Thomas | 14 | 76.7 years |
| Charles | 14 | 67.4 years |
| Willie | 10 | 80.5 years |
| George | 10 | 77.1 years |
| Most common last names in Candor, NC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Parsons | 29 | 75.6 years |
| Greene | 27 | 74.8 years |
| Harris | 24 | 76.7 years |
| Smith | 22 | 77.4 years |
| Blake | 20 | 78.7 years |
| Haywood | 19 | 76.9 years |
| Mccaskill | 18 | 79.2 years |
| Robinson | 18 | 69.6 years |
| Campbell | 15 | 75.7 years |
| Bruton | 14 | 74.3 years |
Businesses in Candor, NC
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