Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  32.9% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 23.1% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fairmont, NC
People in group quarters in Fairmont
- 92 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Fairmont compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Fairmont (2009 data):
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Fairmont Main Branch at 104 West Thompson Street, branch established on 1963-01-15. 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
- Lumbee Guaranty Bank: Fairmont Branch at 301 North Walnut Street, branch established on 1991-06-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $236.9 mil, Deposits: $180.7 mil, headquarters in Pembroke, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices
- First Bank: Fairmont Branch at 301 South Main Street, branch established on 1934-01-02. Info updated 2008-06-03: Bank assets: $2,753.7 mil, Deposits: $2,078.8 mil, headquarters in Troy, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 74 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancorp
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Robeson County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility gas (3%)
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Religon statistics for Fairmont
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Catholic Church |
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| Adherents | 58.4% | 16.9% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 4.0% |
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| Congregations | 49.1% | 15.0% | 10.5% | 10.0% | 0.9% |
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| Name | Assemblies of God | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Baha'i | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 3.1% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
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| Congregations | 4.5% | 3.6% | 1.4% | N/A | 5.0% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $7,308 | $29,232 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $6,536 | $39,216 | 7 | $925 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
12 | $29,537 | $29,537 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
4 | $7,251 | $21,753 | 1 | $243 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $1,913 | $22,956 | 1 | $263 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $4,459 | $26,754 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $5,477 | $21,908 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
6 | $16,003 | $32,006 | 1 | $1,704 |
| Totals for Government |
33 | $78,484 | $28,540 | 10 | $3,135 |
Fairmont government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $405,000
Solid Waste Management: $209,000
All Other: $1,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $25,000
Solid Waste Management: $9,000
Central Staff Services: $4,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $680,000
Sewerage: $426,000
Liquor Stores: $372,000
Solid Waste Management: $245,000
Water Utilities: $183,000
General - Other: $145,000
Parks & Recreation: $125,000
Housing & Community Development: $113,000
Regular Highways: $95,000
Central Staff Services: $79,000
Financial Administration: $61,000
General Public Buildings: $50,000
Fire Protection: $38,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $108,000
Housing & Community Development: $14,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Health: $3,000
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $3,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $337,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $64,000
Rents: $30,000
Interest Earnings: $24,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $8,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,038,000
- Revenue - Liquor Stores: $469,000
Water Utilities: $174,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $3,000,000
Beginning: $3,000,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $123,000
Highways: $107,000
All Other: $43,000
- Tax - Property: $472,000
NEC: $9,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,040,000
4.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,268 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.28% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($277 average AGI)| Robeson County: | 0.08% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,142 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.58% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($457 average AGI)| Robeson County: | 0.08% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Fairmont:
- WFMO (860 AM; 1 kW; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WKKE (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: FERRIS YARNELL LOCKLEAR)
- WTSB (580 AM; 1 kW; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: LUMBERTON CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WAGR (1340 AM; 1 kW; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WAGR BROADCASTING, INC)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WYRU (1160 AM; 5 kW; RED SPRINGS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WENC (1220 AM; 5 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: DHA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WJAY (1280 AM; 4 kW; MULLINS, SC; Owner: THE GREATER HWY CHURCH OF CHRIST)
- WBSC (1550 AM; 10 kW; BENNETTSVILLE, SC; Owner: D-MITCH BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTAB (1370 AM; 5 kW; TABOR CITY, NC; Owner: WTAB, INC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fairmont:
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WFLB (96.5 FM; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: WFLB LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WFNC-FM (102.3 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WZFX (99.1 FM; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WUKS (107.7 FM; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSTS (100.9 FM; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WHQR (91.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WCMG (94.3 FM; LATTA, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WQSD (107.1 FM; BRIARCLIFF ACRES, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF MYRTLE BEACH LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WQSM (98.1 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WHLZ (100.5 FM; MARION, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Fairmont:
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W67DU (Channel 67; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WLPS-LP (Channel 7; LUMBERTON/PEMBROKE, NC; Owner: BILLY RAY LOCKLEAR)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WPEM-LP (Channel 47; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: GERALD LOCKLEAR)
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WFPX (Channel 62; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- W19CA (Channel 19; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WFXB (Channel 43; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
- WUNJ-TV (Channel 39; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- W66DE (Channel 50; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WHMC (Channel 23; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WJPM-TV (Channel 33; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)
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Fairmont, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 10
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 10
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 11
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 26
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 95
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 146
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 27
- Fatalities: 102
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 255
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 14
See more detailed statistics of Fairmont fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 5 meters (16ft)
Total costs: $344,000
Total average daily traffic: 5,650
Total average daily truck traffic: 367
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 11,300
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3- Peter M Connolly, 10170 Nc Hwy. 130, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 100.6 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
- Muayyad Mustafa, Linden Street, Type: Mast, Structure height: 91.7 m, Overall height: 93 m, , Licensee ID: L00024153
Registrant: New Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422, Email:
- Hwy 41 N, Type: Tower, Structure height: 96.3 m, Overall height: 97.3 m
Registrant: Pro Media Inc Dba , Fairmont, NC 28340, Phone: (910) 628-6781
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4- Marion Stage Road, Type: Tank, Structure height: 45 m, Overall height: 51 m, Call Sign: KVR867
Assigned Frequencies : 453.250 MHz
Grant Date: 02/14/2005, Expiration Date: 04/07/2015
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Fax: (949) 348-8514, Email:
- Corner Of Market & Byrd Sts, Call Sign: KIP575, Licensee ID: L00059301
Assigned Frequencies : 152.930 MHz
Grant Date: 12/13/1995, Expiration Date: 02/05/2001, Cancelation Date: 04/08/2001
Registrant: Fairmont Gas Company Inc, Fairmont, NC 28340, Phone: (919) 628-8333 - Fairmont Line And Service Warehouse, Call Sign: WNHK499
Assigned Frequencies : 456.675 MHz
Grant Date: 08/14/2001, Expiration Date: 11/03/2011, Cancelation Date: 03/01/2006
Registrant: Carolina Power And Light Company, 2610 Wycliff Road, Raleigh, NC 27607, Phone: (919) 235-4120, Fax: (919) 235-4008, Email:
- Lat: 34.508917 Lon: -79.118583, Call Sign: WQJL498
Assigned Frequencies : 159.075 MHz
Grant Date: 10/22/2008, Expiration Date: 10/22/2018, Certifier: Richard A Byrd
Registrant: 8541 Electronics, 1531 Atkinson Street, Laurinburg, NC 28352, Phone: (910) 276-9693, Fax: (910) 276-9611, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3- FAIRMONT, 10170 Nc Hwy 130, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 100.6 m, Call Sign: WPNC520
Grant Date: 03/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: Steven T Campbell
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave, Nw, Ste. 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
- FAIRMONT, 10170 Nc Hwy. 130, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 100.6 m, Call Sign: WQCN316
Assigned Frequencies : 6165.10 MHz
Grant Date: 04/13/2005, Expiration Date: 04/13/2015, Certifier: Steven T Campbell
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave, Nw, Ste. 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
- WSTS Studio, Highway 41 North, Type: Tower, Structure height: 96.3 m, Overall height: 97.3 m, Call Sign: WQEU369
Assigned Frequencies : 945.500 MHz
Grant Date: 04/17/2006, Expiration Date: 12/01/2011, Certifier: Russ Jones
Registrant: Graham Brock, Inc., St. Simons Island, GA 31522-7466, Phone: (912) 638-8028, Fax: (912) 638-7722, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 15 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Fairmont)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 3- Aircraft: CESSNA 172G (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1176F , Serial Number: 17254771, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 07/16/1966
Registrant (Individual): Olin Jr Johnson, Rr 2 Box 215, Fairmont, NC 28340 - Aircraft: BEECH C23 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 116 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 944V , Serial Number: M-1662, Year manufactured: 1975, Airworthiness Date: 04/07/1975
Registrant (Individual): Daniel Claybourn Walters, 15761 Hwy 130 E, Fairmont, NC 28340 - Aircraft: CESSNA 172G (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 993NA , Serial Number: 17254442, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 08/11/1969
Registrant (Individual): Reported Sale, , Fairmont, NC 28340
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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