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Chatham County

Population in July 2007: 1,115.
Males: 492  (44.2%)
Females: 623  (55.8%)

Median resident age:  70.0 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 27312.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $80,097 (it was $66,198 in 2000)
Fearrington:  $80,097
North Carolina:  $44,670

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $51,555
Fearrington:  $51,555
North Carolina:  $24,307

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $327,360 (it was $208,500 in 2000)
Fearrington:  $327,360
North Carolina:  $145,700

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $392,387; Detached houses: $437,977; Townhouses or other attached units: $263,461; In 2-unit structures: $235,628; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $405,167

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Races in Fearrington:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
  • Black (3.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Fearrington: 88.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (25.1%), German (19.0%), Irish (12.0%), Scotch-Irish (9.9%), Polish (8.6%), Norwegian (4.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 350 feet

Land area: 2.30 square miles.

Population density: 484 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Fearrington

  • High school or higher: 97.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 70.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 36.2%
  • Unemployed: 0.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 22.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Fearrington CDP

  • Never married: 10.4%
  • Now married: 77.7%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 8.4%
  • Divorced: 3.5%

30 residents are foreign born (1.8% North America, 1.6% Europe).

This place:  3.3%
North Carolina:  5.3%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

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

Fearrington:  0.7% ($1,484)
North Carolina:  0.9% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Cary, NC (16.0 miles , pop. 94,536).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (24.6 miles , pop. 276,093).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (360.9 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Pittsboro, NC (2.8 miles ), Carrboro, NC (2.8 miles ), Chapel Hill, NC (3.0 miles ), Apex, NC (3.7 miles ), Morrisville, NC (3.8 miles ), Cary, NC (4.0 miles ), Durham, NC (4.0 miles ), Saxapahaw, NC (4.1 miles ).

Latitude: 35.80 N, Longitude: 79.08 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 919

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Printing and related support activities (14%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (14%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (12%)
  • Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (12%)
  • Health care (12%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (40%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (19%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (10%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (7%)
  • Educational services (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Top executives (23%)
  • Accountants and auditors (14%)
  • Engineers (14%)
  • Religious workers (14%)
  • Computer specialists (12%)
  • Physicians and surgeons (12%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (12%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (29%)
  • Registered nurses (18%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (13%)
  • Media and communication equipment workers (10%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)



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Fearrington-area historical tornado activity is slightly above North Carolina state average. It is 24% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/28/1988, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 19.2 miles away from the Fearrington place center killed 4 people and injured 154 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 11/23/1992, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 19.8 miles away from the place center killed 2 people and injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


Fearrington-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below North Carolina state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/25/2006 at 05:44:25, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 85.8 miles away from Fearrington center
On 9/22/2006 at 11:22:00, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 91.2 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Fearrington:
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC)
  • CHATHAM HOSPITAL INC (about 16 miles; SILER CITY, NC)
  • NORTH CAROLINA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; DURHAM, NC)

Political contributions by individuals in Fearrington, NC

Amtrak stations near Fearrington:
  • 17 miles: DURHAM (400 W. CHAPEL HILL ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand.
  • 18 miles: CARY (311 N. ACADEMY ST.). Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand, public transit connection.

Operable nuclear power plant near Fearrington:
  • 12 miles: Shearon Harris in New Hill, NC.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fearrington:
  • NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; DURHAM, NC; Full-time enrollment: 4,487)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (about 18 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; FT enrollment: 22,324)
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 11,898)
  • DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 19 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,338)
  • MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 22 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 2,173)
  • CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; SANFORD, NC; FT enrollment: 2,400)
  • WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 4,754)

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Average household size:
This place:  1.8 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  70.6%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  1.2%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  6.8%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  1.7%
Whole state:  5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fearrington, NC



Fearrington compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Chatham County North Carolina:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (80%)
  • Electricity (14%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
  • Wood (2%)


Religion statistics for Fearrington

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchUnited Church of ChristCatholic ChurchFriends (Quakers)
Adherents55.5%24.1%4.4%3.6%2.2%
Congregations38.0%26.1%5.4%1.1%3.3%
NamePresbyterian Church (USA) The Wesleyan ChurchInternational Pentecostal Holiness ChurchEpiscopal ChurchOther religions
Adherents2.0%1.4%1.4%1.3%4.1%
Congregations4.3%3.3%1.1%1.1%16.3%
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.


10.32% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($73,788 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.32%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

0.12% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,081 average AGI)
Chatham County:  0.12%
North Carolina average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Wake County, NC  1.45% ($82,743 average AGI)
from Orange County, NC  1.32% ($66,276)
from Durham County, NC  0.99% ($56,431)


7.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,080 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.74%
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:
to Wake County, NC  1.03% ($58,217 average AGI)
to Orange County, NC  0.81% ($47,944)
to Lee County, NC  0.67% ($27,729)


Strongest AM radio stations in Fearrington:
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WRBZ (850 AM; 10 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: ALCHEMY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #1)
  • WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WRTP (1530 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WCHL (1360 AM; 5 kW; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: WCHL-WDNC, INC.)
  • WDNC (620 AM; 5 kW; DURHAM, NC)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTIK (1310 AM; 5 kW; DURHAM, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WSRC (1410 AM; 5 kW; DURHAM, NC; Owner: DURHAM CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
  • WSML (1200 AM; 10 kW; GRAHAM, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WCRY (1460 AM; 5 kW; FUQUAY-VARINA, NC)
  • WPCM (920 AM; 5 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Fearrington:
  • WRSN (93.9 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WUNC (91.5 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
  • WDCG (105.1 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WXYC (89.3 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: STUDENT EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKXU (101.1 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WRAL (101.5 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAL-FM, INC.)
  • WBBB (96.1 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WCPE (89.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION CORPORATION)
  • WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFXC (107.1 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WNNL (103.9 FM; FUQUAY-VARINA, NC; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WKRR (92.3 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
  • WNCU (90.7 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)
  • WWMY (102.9 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WWND, L.L.C.)
  • WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WOZN (98.7 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WQMG-FM (97.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WVBZ (100.3 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WXDU (88.7 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: DUKE UNIVERSITY)

TV broadcast stations around Fearrington:
  • WUNC-TV (Channel 4; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
  • WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
  • WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WACN-LP (Channel 34; APEX, NC; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
  • WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, 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.)
  • WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
  • WIWW-LP (Channel 26; DURHAM, NC; Owner: MAKO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WRPX (Channel 47; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PAXSON RALEIGH LICENSE, INC.)
  • W24CP (Channel 24; DURHAM, NC; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WGHP (Channel 8; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: WGHP LICENSE, INC.)
  • WBXU-CA (Channel 13; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
  • WWIW-LP (Channel 66; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • W58CD (Channel 58; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W68BK (Channel 68; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: SAINT AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE)
  • WHOA-LP (Channel 60; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WUBX-CA (Channel 13; DURHAM, ETC., NC; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)



Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED12$292,4788$284,2911$167,0903$201,643
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED1$223,5601$274,3300$00$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED1$189,1503$226,2870$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$331,0102$258,8700$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$01$167,9100$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0201.00

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
NumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED1$170,770
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0201.00

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