Duplin 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)
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Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 28.8. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 8.81. This is about average. Closest monitor was 15.1 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Faison and their reported violations in the past:
PINEY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-13-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
GOSHEN PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CH (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-21-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-10-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-10-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-22-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 11 routine major monitoring violations
- 3 regular monitoring violations
GIDDENSVILLE GROC & GRILL (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 14.7%
(4.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 36.0% for Black residents, 43.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 30.3% for other race residents, 95.5% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.6 people | | North Carolina: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 64.1% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.1% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Faison, NC
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Faison compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly 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 Faison (2011 data):
- PNC Bank, National Association: Faison Branch at 103 West Main Street, branch established on 1936/05/12. Info updated 2012/03/20: Bank assets: $263,309.6 mil, Deposits: $197,343.0 mil, headquarters in Wilmington, DE, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3085 total offices, Holding Company: Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc., The
- Southern Bank and Trust Company: Faison Branch at 110 West Center Street, branch established on 1984/01/10. Info updated 2011/09/26: Bank assets: $2,039.8 mil, Deposits: $1,658.5 mil, headquarters in Mount Olive, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 66 total offices, Holding Company: Southern Bancshares (N.C.), Inc.
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School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- No fuel used (4%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Duplin County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Faison (based on Duplin County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 36.00%
| Here |  | 36.0% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Original Free Will Baptists | Presbyterian Church (USA) | International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
| Adherents | 49.0% | 14.5% | 12.2% | 10.6% | 3.3% |
| Congregations | 31.5% | 17.4% | 13.0% | 18.5% | 4.3% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Assemblies of God | Other |
| Adherents | 3.2% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 3.0% |
| Congregations | 2.2% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 7.6% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 15 | Here: | 2.85 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3 | Duplin County: | 0.57 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 32 | This county: | 6.08 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 36 | Duplin County: | 6.84 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Duplin County: | 10.4% | | State: | 9.8% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 22.6% | | 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 |
2 | $4,814 | $28,884 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $3,654 | $43,848 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
5 | $8,858 | $21,259 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
8 | $17,326 | $25,989 | 0 | $0 |
Faison government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $255,000 ($264.25)
Solid Waste Management: $48,000 ($49.74)
All Other: $4,000 ($4.15)
- Construction - Water Utilities: $932,000 ($965.80)
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $176,000 ($182.38)
Sewerage: $148,000 ($153.37)
Police Protection: $87,000 ($90.16)
Water Utilities: $64,000 ($66.32)
Regular Highways: $58,000 ($60.10)
Solid Waste Management: $48,000 ($49.74)
Parks & Recreation: $23,000 ($23.83)
Fire Protection: $20,000 ($20.73)
Health Services - Other: $10,000 ($10.36)
General - Other: $9,000 ($9.33)
Housing & Community Development: $4,000 ($4.15)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $3,000 ($3.11)
Libraries: $3,000 ($3.11)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $785,000 ($813.47)
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,000 ($6.22)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $91,000 ($94.30)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $31,000 ($32.12)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $101,000 ($104.66)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $19,000 ($19.69)
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $16,000 ($16.58)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $33,000 ($34.20)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $49,000 ($50.78)
Water Utilities: $15,000 ($15.54)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $38,000 ($39.38)
Interest Earnings: $16,000 ($16.58)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $40,000 ($41.45)
Parks & Recreation: $28,000 ($29.02)
Police Protection: $2,000 ($2.07)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $890,000 ($922.28)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $109,000 ($112.95)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $163,000 ($168.91)
General Support: $52,000 ($53.89)
Highways: $33,000 ($34.20)
- Tax - Property: $234,000 ($242.49)
NEC: $3,000 ($3.11)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $192,000 ($198.96)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $2,000 ($2.07)
5.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,025 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.71% | | 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:
5.35% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,408 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.35% | | 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 Faison:
- WDJS (1430 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT OLIVE, NC; Owner: MOUNT OLIVE BROADCASTING CO.)
- WCLN (1170 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CLINTON, NC; Owner: BROADCASTING GOOD NEWS, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WGBR (1150 AM; 5 kW; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
- WCKB (780 AM; 7 kW; DUNN, NC; Owner: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WPYB (1130 AM; daytime; 7 kW; BENSON, NC; Owner: BENSON-DUNN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRRZ (880 AM; daytime; 1 kW; CLINTON, NC; Owner: WRRZ RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
- WRNS (960 AM; 5 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WGTM (590 AM; 5 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: SPIRIT BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Faison:
- 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.)
- WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WKIX (102.3 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WCLN-FM (107.3 FM; CLINTON, NC; Owner: CHRISTIAN LISTENING NETWORK, INC.)
- WZUP (104.7 FM; ROSE HILL, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WKXB (99.9 FM; BURGAW, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
- W276AX (103.1 FM; PRINCETON, ETC., NC; Owner: GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
- WRCQ (103.5 FM; DUNN, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Faison:
- WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 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.)
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
- WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, 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)
- WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
- WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
- WHFL-LP (Channel 56; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: FREE LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WUNK-TV (Channel 25; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- W63CW (Channel 63; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Faison fatal accident list:
Jul 27, 2001 11:54 AM, Us-117, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Faison)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 32 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 - Faison Fire Dept Town Hall Us Hwy 117 (Lat: 35.118222 Lon: -78.116389), Structure height: 37 m, Call Sign: WNYE225, Licensee ID: L00021993
Assigned Frequencies: 154.145 MHz Grant Date: 11/27/2001, Expiration Date: 01/08/2012
Registrant: County Of Duplin, Kenansville, NC 28349, Phone: (919) 296-2160 - Town Hall Us Hwy 117 (Lat: 35.118222 Lon: -78.116389), Call Sign: KNHS535, Licensee ID: L00021993
Assigned Frequencies: 45.4000 MHz Grant Date: 08/01/2003, Expiration Date: 10/25/2013
Registrant: County Of Duplin, Kenansville, NC 28349, Phone: (919) 296-1874 - Rt 2 Hwy Us 117 & 50 1 Mi N (Lat: 35.073500 Lon: -78.116389), Call Sign: KFM278, Licensee ID: L00060155
Assigned Frequencies: 152.885 MHz Grant Date: 06/17/1999, Expiration Date: 06/08/2004, Cancellation Date: 12/27/2001
Registrant: Ernest Taylor Construction Co Inc, Rt 2, Faison, NC 28341 - 11660 Faison Hwy (Lat: 35.114889 Lon: -78.179444), Call Sign: KKI323, Licensee ID: L00044049
Assigned Frequencies: 43.4400 MHz Grant Date: 07/10/1997, Expiration Date: 07/27/2002, Cancellation Date: 11/26/2001
Registrant: C T Sales Inc, Faison, NC 28341, Phone: (919) 267-4411
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - FAISON, 2735 West Hwy Nc 403 (Lat: 35.112972 Lon: -78.165694), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 99.1 m, Call Sign: WPQS840
Assigned Frequencies: 6785.00 MHz, 6765.00 MHz Grant Date: 09/26/2000, Expiration Date: 09/26/2010, 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:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2 - Call Sign: KD4BFH, Licensee ID: L00147542
Grant Date: 03/06/2001, Expiration Date: 05/28/2011
Registrant: David L Sutton, 218 Winnifred St., Faison, NC 28341 - Call Sign: WB4EUZ, Licensee ID: L00675696
Grant Date: 01/06/2007, Expiration Date: 01/06/2017
Registrant: Thomas E Hopkins, 9020 Suttontown Rd, Faison, NC 28341
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: RANS S-14 (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX 503 DCDI (52 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 235AW , Serial Number: 0691003, Year manufactured: 1991, Airworthiness Date: 10/20/2007
Registrant (Individual): Charles R Jones, 383 Herman Taylor Rd, Faison, NC 28341
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents: See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Faison, NC
| Most common first names in Faison, NC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 37 | 66.2 years |
| John | 30 | 75.4 years |
| William | 29 | 72.2 years |
| Mary | 28 | 81.7 years |
| Robert | 18 | 73.2 years |
| Willie | 16 | 63.2 years |
| George | 14 | 67.9 years |
| Annie | 13 | 78.7 years |
| David | 12 | 63.2 years |
| Lillie | 12 | 77.6 years |
| Most common last names in Faison, NC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Faison | 39 | 76.3 years |
| Sutton | 32 | 74.8 years |
| Oates | 29 | 74.2 years |
| Bell | 27 | 70.6 years |
| King | 23 | 73.6 years |
| Taylor | 20 | 78.8 years |
| Darden | 20 | 66.7 years |
| Lewis | 19 | 68.8 years |
| Williams | 19 | 76.2 years |
| Hill | 17 | 76.0 years |
Businesses in Faison, NC
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