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Surry County

Population in July 2007: 294. Population change since 2000: -1.7%
 

Males: 129  (44.1%)
Females: 165  (55.9%)
Median resident age:  38.3 years
Virginia median age:  35.7 years

Zip codes: 23839.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $54,413 (it was $41,667 in 2000)
Dendron:  $54,413
Virginia:  $59,562

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $106,124 (it was $51,700 in 2000)
Dendron:  $106,124
Virginia:  $262,100

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $203,557; Detached houses: $238,291; Mobile homes: $27,955

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Races in Dendron:

  • Black (51.2%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (48.1%)
  • Hispanic (1.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Dendron: 77.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (8.8%), German (6.1%), Irish (5.4%), English (4.7%), Italian (2.7%), French (2.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1906

Elevation: 108 feet

Land area: 3.57 square miles.

Population density: 82 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Dendron

  • High school or higher: 71.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
  • Unemployed: 6.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 41.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Dendron town

  • Never married: 32.7%
  • Now married: 42.9%
  • Separated: 4.5%
  • Widowed: 8.2%
  • Divorced: 11.8%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.0%
Virginia:  8.1%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Dendron, Virginia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Dendron to the number of sex offenders is 294 to 1.

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

Dendron:  0.8% ($420)
Virginia:  1.0% ($1,143)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Suffolk, VA (30.6 miles , pop. 63,677).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Norfolk, VA (47.6 miles , pop. 234,403).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (238.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Wakefield, VA (6.3 miles ), Surry, VA (9.3 miles ), Ivor, VA (9.9 miles ), Waverly, VA (11.1 miles ), Claremont, VA (12.8 miles ), Rushmere, VA (18.0 miles ), Jamestown district, VA (18.4 miles ), Windsor, VA (20.8 miles ).

Latitude: 37.04 N, Longitude: 76.93 W

Area code: 757

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Population change in the 1990s: -9 (-2.9%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Food and beverage stores (20%)
  • Public administration (12%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Repair and maintenance (8%)
  • Chemicals (6%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Finance and insurance (13%)
  • Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (9%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Cashiers (18%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Engineers (6%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Cashiers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other financial specialists (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)


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Dendron-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Virginia state average. It is 4% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1978, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 5.1 miles away from the Dendron town center injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 8/6/1993, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 29.9 miles away from the town center killed 4 people and injured 246 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Dendron:
  • EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; WILLIAMSBURG, VA)
  • WILLIAMSBURG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; WILLIAMSBURG, VA)
  • EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; WILLIAMSBURG, VA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Dendron:
  • NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 32 miles; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; ID: PHF)
  • LANGLEY AFB (about 41 miles; HAMPTON, VA; ID: LFI)
  • RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL (about 41 miles; RICHMOND, VA; ID: RIC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dendron:
  • WAKEFIELD MUNI (about 7 miles; WAKEFIELD, VA; ID: AKQ)
  • WILLIAMSBURG-JAMESTOWN (about 21 miles; WILLIAMSBURG, VA; ID: JGG)
  • FRANKLIN MUNI-JOHN BEVERLY ROSE (about 25 miles; FRANKLIN, VA; ID: FKN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Dendron:
  • COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY (about 23 miles; WILLIAMSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 7,133)
  • CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; FT enrollment: 4,432)
  • VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; PETERSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 3,641)
  • THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; Hampton, VA; FT enrollment: 3,884)
  • JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; CHESTER, VA; FT enrollment: 2,520)
  • HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; HAMPTON, VA; FT enrollment: 5,249)
  • TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47 miles; NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 11,042)
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Dendron and their reported violations in the past:

DENDRON, TOWN OF (Population served: 375, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (SEP-15-2003), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-02-2003), St Public Notif requested (OCT-02-2003)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-23-2002), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-23-2002), St Public Notif received (NOV-13-2002)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-24-2002), St Formal NOV issued (SEP-24-2002), St Public Notif received (OCT-15-2002)
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-23-2000), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-23-2000), St Public Notif received (NOV-28-2000)
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations

Average household size:
This town:  2.8 people
Virginia:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  70.8%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  7.5%
Whole state:  4.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  3.9%
Whole state:  9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  1.6%
Whole state:  4.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Dendron, VA



Dendron compared to Virginia state average:
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Surry County Virginia:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (53%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration 0$0 2$1,420
Financial Administration 0$0 1$11
Totals for Government 0$0 3$1,431



8.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,399 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.22%
Virginia average:  11.06%

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:
from Isle of Wight County, VA  1.09% ($33,000 average AGI)
from Newport News city, VA  1.01% ($33,680)
from Hampton city, VA  0.53% ($70,462)


6.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,481 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.52%
Virginia average:  10.78%

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:
to Isle of Wight County, VA  0.91% ($25,682 average AGI)
to Newport News city, VA  0.91% ($24,409)
to Sussex County, VA  0.74% ($31,778)


Strongest AM radio stations in Dendron:
  • WRJR (670 AM; 20 kW; CLAREMONT, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE-PORTSMOUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WKGM (940 AM; 10 kW; SMITHFIELD, VA; Owner: WKGM, INC.)
  • WDZY (1290 AM; 25 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WGH (1310 AM; 20 kW; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE BAY BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WPMH (1010 AM; 10 kW; PORTSMOUTH, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WGGM (820 AM; 10 kW; CHESTER, VA; Owner: HOFFMAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWGB (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; INDIAN HEAD, MD; Owner: GOOD BODY MEDIA, LLC)
  • WNIS (790 AM; 5 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: COMMONWEALTH RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WTEM (980 AM; 50 kW; WASHINGTON, DC; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Dendron:
  • WAFX (106.9 FM; SUFFOLK, VA; Owner: TIDEWATER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WHRO-FM (90.3 FM; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION,INC)
  • WHRV (89.5 FM; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION,INC)
  • WJCD (107.7 FM; WINDSOR, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WVKL (95.7 FM; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: ENTERCOM NORFOLK LICENSE, LLC)
  • WCWM (90.7 FM; WILLIAMSBURG, VA; Owner: THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY IN VA.)
  • WLQM-FM (101.7 FM; FRANKLIN, VA; Owner: FRANKLIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKLR (96.5 FM; FORT LEE, VA; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • W291AJ (106.1 FM; WAVERLY, VA; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)

TV broadcast stations around Dendron:
  • WTKR (Channel 3; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
  • WTVZ-TV (Channel 33; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WTVZ LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WHRO-TV (Channel 15; HAMPTON-NORFOLK, VA; Owner: HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOC, INC.)
  • WPXV (Channel 49; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WVEC-TV (Channel 13; HAMPTON, VA; Owner: WVEC TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WAVY-TV (Channel 10; PORTSMOUTH, VA; Owner: WAVY BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WGNT (Channel 27; PORTSMOUTH, VA; Owner: UPN TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)

Dendron fatal accident list:
Aug 1, 1982 08:15 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1

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