Eclectic, Alabama

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Population (year 2000): 1,037. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,134 (+9.4% change)

Males: 477	(46.0%)
Females: 560	(54.0%)

Elmore County

Median resident age:	35.7 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Zip codes: 36024.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,300 (it was $30,906 in 2000)

Eclectic	$34,300
Alabama:	$36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $81,600 (it was $72,800 in 2000)

Eclectic	$81,600
Alabama:	$97,500

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Races in Eclectic:

White Non-Hispanic (77.3%)
Black (19.2%)
Hispanic (1.8%)
American Indian (1.2%)
Other race (0.9%)
Two or more races (0.8%)

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Ancestries: United States (22.9%), Irish (13.0%), English (7.2%), German (5.4%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 579 feet

Land area: 4.24 square miles.

Population density: 262 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Eclectic

High school or higher: 68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
Unemployed: 6.4%
Mean travel time to work: 33.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Eclectic town

Never married: 26.0%
Now married: 46.4%
Separated: 0.5%
Widowed: 13.2%
Divorced: 13.9%

4 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.4%
Alabama:	2.0%

According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Eclectic, Alabama in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Eclectic to the number of sex offenders is 158 to 1.

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

Eclectic:	0.3% ($199)
Alabama:	0.3% ($289)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Montgomery, AL (25.4 miles , pop. 201,568).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (646.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Tallassee, AL (12.2 miles ), Wetumpka, AL (13.5 miles ), Titus, AL (14.5 miles ), Blue Ridge, AL (15.0 miles ), Shorter, AL (17.8 miles ), Mount Meigs, AL (19.1 miles ), Shorter-Hardaway, AL (19.4 miles ), Elmore, AL (20.2 miles) .

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 5 buildings, average cost: $90,400
1997: 2 buildings, average cost: $40,000
1998: 5 buildings, average cost: $86,700
1999: 1 building, cost: $180,000
2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $71,500
2001: 5 buildings, average cost: $78,400
2002: 3 buildings, average cost: $70,000
2003: 4 buildings, average cost: $119,300
2004: 7 buildings, average cost: $133,100
2005: 6 buildings, average cost: $53,300
2006: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

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Latitude: 32.64 N, Longitude: 86.04 W

Area code: 334

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Population change in the 1990s: -162 (-13.5%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (18%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
Public administration (6%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Public administration (12%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Finance and insurance (9%)
Health care (8%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Textile mills and textile products (5%)
Educational services (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers (5%)
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Cashiers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)

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Crime in Eclectic by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Murders	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	1	0	1	0	1
per 100,000	96.1	0.0	93.5	0.0	91.6
Robberies	1	0	0	2	2
per 100,000	96.1	0.0	0.0	183.5	183.2
Assaults	2	6	4	7	8
per 100,000	192.1	573.6	374.2	642.2	732.6
Burglaries	15	5	12	16	15
per 100,000	1440.9	478.0	1122.5	1467.9	1373.6
Thefts	34	32	55	45	52
per 100,000	3266.1	3059.3	5145.0	4128.4	4761.9
Auto thefts	2	1	2	5	0
per 100,000	192.1	95.6	187.1	458.7	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 201.1)	391.0	278.2	449.0	488.1	561.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 9 (5 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	4.51
US city average:	3.00

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Eclectic-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Alabama state average. It is 73% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/18/1996, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 1.4 miles away from the Eclectic town center caused $700,000 in damages.

On 3/12/1976, a category 3 tornado 2.6 miles away from the town center injured 15 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Eclectic:

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC (about 5 miles; TALLASSEE, AL)
ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; WETUMPKA, AL)
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER EAST (about 20 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Eclectic:

MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FIELD) (about 34 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; ID: MGM)
TALLADEGA MUNI (about 64 miles; TALLADEGA, AL; ID: ASN)
ANNISTON METROPOLITAN (about 67 miles; ANNISTON, AL; ID: ANB)

Other public-use airports nearest to Eclectic:

REEVES (about 16 miles; TALLASSEE, AL; ID: 41A)
THOMAS C RUSSELL FLD (about 19 miles; ALEXANDER CITY, AL; ID: ALX)
WETUMPKA MUNI (about 22 miles; WETUMPKA, AL; ID: 08A)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Eclectic:

FAULKNER UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,283)
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 4,359)
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; TUSKEGEE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,732)
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE (about 29 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 126,963)
AUBURN UNIVERSITY-MONTGOMERY (about 31 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 3,677)
AUBURN UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (about 39 miles; AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL; FT enrollment: 19,703)
SOUTHERN UNION STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 55 miles; WADLEY, AL; FT enrollment: 2,925)

Public high school in Eclectic:

ELMORE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 495; Location: 155 N COLLEGE ST; Grades: 09 - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Eclectic:

ECLECTIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 583; Location: 35 HARDEN ST; Grades: PK - 04)
ECLECTIC MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 556; Location: 170 SOUTH ANN ST; Grades: 05 - 08)

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Notable locations in Eclectic: Eclectic Library (A), Eclectic Town Hall (B), Eclectic Volunteer Fire Department Fire Station Number One (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Eclectic include: Castleberry Memorial Congregational Church (A), Cedar Grove United Methodist Church (B), Salem Road Baptist Church (C), Eclectic United Methodist Church (D), First Baptist Church of Eclectic (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Pleasant Grove Cemetery (1), Bullard Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Eclectic: Castleberry Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Eclectic Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Watercraft & Four Wheelers Only (Tours & Charters; 11515 Central Plank Road).

Court: Wetumpka City - Municipal Court (212 South Main).

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

ECLECTIC WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD (Address: 507 MAIN STREET, Population served: 3795, Purch_surface_water):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

Average household size:

This town:	2.5 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	68.7%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	4.6%
Whole state:	3.4%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	25.5%
Whole state:	16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	8.8%
Whole state:	7.3%

Eclectic compared to Alabama state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below 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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Banks with branches in Eclectic (2007 data):

The Peoples Bank & Trust Company: Eclectic Branch at 15 Kowaliga Road, branch established on 1913-10-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $904.6 mil, Deposits: $768.9 mil, headquarters in Selma, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 25 total offices, Holding Company: Peoples Banctrust Company, Inc., The
First Community Bank of Central Alabama: Eclectic Branch at 1875 Kowaliga Rd, branch established on 2003-09-15. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $176.9 mil, Deposits: $161.9 mil, headquarters in Wetumpka, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Central Alabama Bancshares, Inc.

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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
Financial Administration	2	$4,641	$27,846	0	$0
Police Protection - Officers	5	$24,626	$59,102	1	$443
Other Government Administration	0	$0		6	$1,001
Sewerage	2	$2,477	$14,862	0	$0
Police - Other	4	$4,625	$13,875	4	$2,294
Totals for Government	13	$36,369	$33,571	11	$3,737

10.64% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,584 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.64%
Alabama average:	6.81%

0.13% of residents moved from foreign countries ($673 average AGI)
Elmore County: 0.13%
Alabama average: 0.14%

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

from Montgomery County, AL	3.72% ($44,758 average AGI)
from Autauga County, AL	1.36% ($36,435)
from Tallapoosa County, AL	0.26% ($30,154)

8.46% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,662 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.46%
Alabama average:	6.16%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($341 average AGI)
Elmore County: 0.07%
Alabama average: 0.06%

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

to Montgomery County, AL	2.75% ($35,981 average AGI)
to Autauga County, AL	1.38% ($33,309)
to Jefferson County, AL	0.21% ($36,981)

Strongest AM radio stations in Eclectic:

WMSP (740 AM; 10 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WACV (1170 AM; 10 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: MONTGOMERY BROADCAST PROPERTIES, LTD)
WAPZ (1250 AM; 5 kW; WETUMPKA, AL; Owner: J & W PROMOTIONS, INC.)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
WXVI (1600 AM; 5 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: SUNSHINE 16 RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
WACQ (1130 AM; daytime; 1 kW; CARRVILLE, AL; Owner: PROGRESSIVE UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WTLS (1300 AM; 1 kW; TALLASSEE, AL; Owner: MICHAEL BUTLER BROADCASTING. LLC)
WLWI (1440 AM; 5 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Eclectic:

WLWI-FM (92.3 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WBAM-FM (98.9 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: DEEP SOUTH BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WHHY-FM (101.9 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WMXS (103.3 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WQNR (99.9 FM; TALLASSEE, AL; Owner: TIGER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WQLD (104.3 FM; LUVERNE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WZHT (105.7 FM; TROY, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLBF (89.1 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: FAITH BROADCASTING, INC)
WMCZ (97.1 FM; MILLBROOK, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQKS-FM (96.1 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: MONTGOMERY BROADCAST PROPERTIES, LTD)
WZLM (97.3 FM; DADEVILLE, AL; Owner: GREAT SOUTH RFDC, LLC)
WVAS (90.7 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU))
WTBJ (91.3 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
WSTH-FM (106.1 FM; ALEXANDER CITY, AL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WJWZ (97.9 FM; WETUMPKA, AL; Owner: MONTGOMERY BROADCAST PROPERTIES, LTD)
WXFX (95.1 FM; PRATTVILLE, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WELL-FM (88.7 FM; DADEVILLE, AL; Owner: TIGER COMMUNICATIONS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Eclectic:

WNCF (Channel 32; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CHANNEL 32 MONTGOMERY LLC)
WMCF-TV (Channel 45; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WRJM-TV (Channel 67; TROY, AL; Owner: JOSIE PARK BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSFA (Channel 12; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
WCOV-TV (Channel 20; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: WOODS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
W61DH (Channel 61; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: FRAZER MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH)
WETU-LP (Channel 39; WETUMPKA, AL; Owner: CABLE VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, INC.)
WAIQ (Channel 26; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
WAXC-LP (Channel 64; ALEXANDER CITY, AL; Owner: CABLE VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, INC.)

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