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Pitt County

Population in July 2007: 530. Population change since 2000: -1.3%
 

Males: 218  (41.3%)
Females: 312  (58.7%)
Median resident age:  39.6 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 27829.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $19,988 (it was $17,656 in 2000)
Fountain:  $19,988
North Carolina:  $44,670

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $90,350 (it was $64,200 in 2000)
Fountain:  $90,350
North Carolina:  $145,700

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $92,306; Detached houses: $96,877; Mobile homes: $33,500

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Races in Fountain:

  • Black (50.5%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (48.6%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Fountain: 84.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (11.1%), English (4.5%), Scotch-Irish (3.8%), Subsaharan African (2.4%), Irish (1.7%), German (1.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 114 feet

Land area: 0.97 square miles.

Population density: 548 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Fountain

  • High school or higher: 58.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
  • Unemployed: 6.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Fountain town

  • Never married: 28.1%
  • Now married: 48.0%
  • Separated: 5.0%
  • Widowed: 13.4%
  • Divorced: 5.5%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.0%
North Carolina:  5.3%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Fountain, North Carolina in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Fountain to the number of sex offenders is 530 to 1.

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

Fountain:  0.7% ($460)
North Carolina:  0.9% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greenville, NC (19.0 miles , pop. 60,476).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (69.8 miles , pop. 276,093).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (344.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Macclesfield, NC (5.8 miles ), Farmville, NC (6.5 miles ), Walstonburg, NC (6.8 miles ), Pinetops, NC (8.1 miles ), Falkland, NC (8.8 miles) , Saratoga, NC (9.6 miles ), Stantonsburg, NC (13.4 miles ), Snow Hill, NC (15.9 miles ).

Latitude: 35.67 N, Longitude: 77.64 W

Area code: 252

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Population change in the 1990s: +78 (+17.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (11%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Mining (7%)
  • Beverage and tobacco products (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (22%)
  • Educational services (21%)
  • Apparel (6%)
  • Furniture and related products (6%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (5%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)


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Fountain-area historical tornado activity is slightly above North Carolina state average. It is 30% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/28/1984, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 25.7 miles away from the Fountain town center killed 16 people and injured 153 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 2/22/1971, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.2 miles away from the town center killed 2 people and injured 60 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Fountain:
  • HERITAGE HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; TARBORO, NC)
  • PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; GREENVILLE, NC)
  • WALTER B JONES ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE (about 19 miles; GREENVILLE, NC)

Political contributions by individuals in Fountain, NC

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fountain:
  • PITT-GREENVILLE (about 18 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; ID: PGV)
  • ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON RGNL (about 21 miles; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; ID: RWI)
  • KINSTON RGNL JETPORT AT STALLINGS FLD (about 25 miles; KINSTON, NC; ID: ISO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fountain:
  • CRAFT AIR (about 6 miles; FARMVILLE, NC; ID: W38)
  • FLANAGAN FIELD (about 11 miles; FARMVILLE, NC; ID: N08)
  • TARBORO-EDGECOMBE (about 20 miles; TARBORO, NC; ID: ETC)

Amtrak station near Fountain:
  • 19 miles: WILSON (401 E. NASH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fountain:
  • PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 21 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,072)
  • EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 16,633)
  • COASTAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 64 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,237)
  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 69 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
  • SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 2,299)
  • VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 70 miles; HENDERSON, NC; FT enrollment: 2,076)
  • WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 4,754)

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Hotel: Hike Inn (Box 5 Highway 28).

 

Average household size:
This town:  2.4 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  68.7%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  2.2%
Whole state:  4.6%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  36.2%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  13.0%
Whole state:  5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fountain, NC



Fountain compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below 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.
  • House age above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Fountain (2007 data):
  • Branch Banking and Trust Company: Fountain Branch at 6736 East Wilson Street, branch established on 1960-12-15. Info updated 2007-01-23: Bank assets: $117,134.1 mil, Deposits: $83,585.1 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1480 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation



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2004 Presidential Election results in Pitt County North Carolina:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
  • Electricity (22%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
  • Utility gas (4%)
  • Wood (1%)

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
Electric Power 1$2,706$32,4720$0
Water Supply 1$1,674$20,0880$0
Solid Waste Management 1$1,975$23,7000$0
Other Government Administration 0$0 5$527
Financial Administration 1$2,117$25,4041$1,205
Totals for Government 4$8,473$25,4196$1,732



Fountain government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $82,000
    All Other: $4,000
  • Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $386,000
    Housing & Community Development: $208,000
    Sewerage: $80,000
    Police Protection: $47,000
    Central Staff Services: $45,000
    Water Utilities: $34,000
    Regular Highways: $25,000
    Solid Waste Management: $24,000
    Fire Protection: $7,000
    Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $5,000
    Libraries: $1,000
  • Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $12,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $7,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $69,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Electric Utilities: $269,000
    Water Utilities: $138,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $121,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $132,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $115,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Electric Utilities: $232,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Electric Utilities: $37,000
    Other, NEC: $6,000
    Water Utilities: $6,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $27,000
    Interest Earnings: $5,000
    Rents: $1,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff: $8,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $164,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $411,000
    Water Utilities: $35,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $196,000
    Highways: $20,000
    General Support: $13,000
    All Other: $2,000
  • Tax - Property: $95,000
    NEC: $2,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $133,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $7,000

8.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,697 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.90%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($150 average AGI)
Pitt County:  0.10%
North Carolina average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Beaufort County, NC  0.56% ($42,692 average AGI)
from Wake County, NC  0.47% ($33,793)
from Lenoir County, NC  0.33% ($35,286)


7.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,419 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.42%
North Carolina average:  7.27%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($211 average AGI)
Pitt County:  0.06%
North Carolina average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Wake County, NC  0.79% ($33,992 average AGI)
to Beaufort County, NC  0.38% ($34,263)
to Lenoir County, NC  0.26% ($24,315)


Strongest AM radio stations in Fountain:
  • WGHB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FARMVILLE, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA, INC.)
  • WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WGTM (590 AM; 5 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: SPIRIT BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WRNS (960 AM; 5 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WEED (1390 AM; 5 kW; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
  • WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WGBR (1150 AM; 5 kW; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
  • WCPS (760 AM; daytime; 1 kW; TARBORO, NC; Owner: JOHNSON BROADCAST VENTURES, LTD)
  • WDJS (1430 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT OLIVE, NC; Owner: MOUNT OLIVE BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Fountain:
  • WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFXK (104.3 FM; TARBORO, NC; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WRQM (90.9 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
  • WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WRSV (92.1 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
  • WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WRNS-FM (95.1 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WGPM (94.3 FM; FARMVILLE, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
  • WAGO (88.7 FM; SNOW HILL, NC; Owner: PATHWAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, INC.)
  • WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WYMY (96.9 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
  • WSAY-FM (98.5 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
  • W287AH (105.3 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • W208AO (89.5 FM; BELL ARTHUR, NC; Owner: GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH)
  • WKNS (90.3 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WKIX (102.3 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W201BY (88.1 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Fountain:
  • WUNK-TV (Channel 25; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
  • WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W60CV (Channel 60; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WNCR-LP (Channel 20; WILSON, NC; Owner: ON THE MAP, INC.)
  • WYDO (Channel 14; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF EASTERN CAROLINA LICENSE LLC)
  • WRPX (Channel 47; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PAXSON RALEIGH LICENSE, INC.)
  • WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WUNP-TV (Channel 36; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WEPX (Channel 38; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON GREENVILLE LICENSE, INC.)
  • W66DK (Channel 66; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WHIG-LP (Channel 57; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: ACTION COMMUNITY TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W64AZ (Channel 64; KINSTON-GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: GOCOM TELEVISION, L.P.,)


Fountain fatal accident list:
Oct 5, 1989 10:45 AM, S Eason St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 4, Drunken drivers: 1

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