Fyffe, Alabama

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Population (year 2000): 971. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,035 (+6.6% change)

Males: 446	(45.9%)
Females: 525	(54.1%)

DeKalb County

Median resident age:	36.5 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Zip codes: 35971.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $29,200 (it was $30,298 in 2000)

Fyffe	$29,200
Alabama:	$36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $60,100 (it was $56,200 in 2000)

Fyffe	$60,100
Alabama:	$97,500

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Races in Fyffe:

White Non-Hispanic (93.6%)
American Indian (2.8%)
Two or more races (2.4%)
Hispanic (1.9%)
Other race (1.1%)
Black (0.9%)

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Ancestries: United States (34.3%), English (9.7%), Irish (6.4%), German (2.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1260 feet

Land area: 4.40 square miles.

Population density: 232 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Fyffe

High school or higher: 65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
Unemployed: 2.6%
Mean travel time to work: 28.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Fyffe town

Never married: 14.1%
Now married: 64.0%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 9.0%
Divorced: 11.1%

22 residents are foreign born (2.3% Latin America).

This town:	2.3%
Alabama:	2.0%

According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Fyffe, Alabama in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Fyffe to the number of sex offenders is 146 to 1.

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

Fyffe:	0.4% ($199)
Alabama:	0.3% ($289)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Huntsville, AL (50.8 miles , pop. 158,216).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (89.1 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (525.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Shiloh, AL (2.4 miles ), Rainsville, AL (5.3 miles ), Lakeview, AL (5.9 miles) , Powell, AL (6.0 miles ), Pine Ridge, AL (8.8 miles ), Geraldine, AL (9.3 miles ), Section, AL (10.7 miles ), Sylvania, AL (10.8 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 4 buildings, average cost: $78,300
2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $62,000
2002: 4 buildings, average cost: $62,000
2003: 4 buildings, average cost: $62,000
2004: 4 buildings, average cost: $62,000
2005: 3 buildings, average cost: $89,000
2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $64,200

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

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Latitude: 34.45 N, Longitude: 85.91 W

Area code: 256

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Population change in the 1990s: -125 (-11.4%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (18%)
Apparel (13%)
Food (8%)
Educational services (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Apparel (27%)
Educational services (15%)
Health care (8%)
Food (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (21%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Cashiers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

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Average climate in Fyffe, Alabama

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Fyffe-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Alabama state average. It is 167% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/19/1973, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 10.9 miles away from the Fyffe town center injured 19 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 11/18/1957, a category 4 tornado 24.8 miles away from the town center killed 3 people and injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Fyffe:

BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER DEKALB (about 10 miles; FORT PAYNE, AL)
JACKSON CO HOSP & NURSING HOME (about 22 miles; SCOTTSBORO, AL)
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH (about 26 miles; BOAZ, AL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fyffe:

RICHARD B RUSSELL (about 53 miles; ROME, GA; ID: RMG)
ANNISTON METROPOLITAN (about 60 miles; ANNISTON, AL; ID: ANB)
HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FIELD (about 61 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; ID: HSV)

Other public-use airports nearest to Fyffe:

ISBELL FIELD (about 14 miles; FORT PAYNE, AL; ID: 4A9)
SCOTTSBORO MUNI-WORD FIELD (about 18 miles; SCOTTSBORO, AL; ID: 4A6)
GUNTERSVILLE MUNI - JOE STARNES FIELD (about 26 miles; GUNTERSVILLE, AL; ID: 8A1)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fyffe:

GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles; GADSDEN, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,360)
JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 6,418)
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; NORMAL, AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (about 55 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,795)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA (about 60 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 6,914)
CHATTANOOGA STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 4,821)
MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; Tullahoma, TN; FT enrollment: 2,256)

Public elementary/middle school in Fyffe:

FYFFE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 893; Location: 153 CHURCH ST; Grades: KG - 12)

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Church in Fyffe: Old Corinth Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

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Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	69.8%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	3.6%
Whole state:	3.4%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	21.6%
Whole state:	16.1%

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

This town:	6.1%
Whole state:	7.3%

Fyffe compared to Alabama state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage 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 Fyffe (2007 data):

Horizon Bank: at Main Street, branch established on 1973-02-23; Powell Branch at 3736 Main Saint Powell, branch established on 1983-01-04. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $93.5 mil, Deposits: $77.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 3 total offices

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Fyffe government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $92,000
Charges - Sewerage: $21,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $178,000
Police Protection: $154,000

Financial Administration: $149,000

General - Other: $55,000

Sewerage: $34,000

Parks & Recreation: $20,000

Fire Protection: $4,000
General - Interest on Debt: $11,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $1,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $188,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $137,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $51,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $171,000
Interest Earnings: $7,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $63,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $180,000
General Support: $26,000
Tax - Property: $445,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $419,000

5.25% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,130 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.25%
Alabama average:	6.81%

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:

from Marshall County, AL	0.90% ($21,706 average AGI)
from Jackson County, AL	0.76% ($26,632)
from Etowah County, AL	0.40% ($28,221)

5.24% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,343 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.24%
Alabama average:	6.16%

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 Marshall County, AL	0.89% ($26,219 average AGI)
to Jackson County, AL	0.80% ($23,419)
to Etowah County, AL	0.42% ($27,022)

Strongest AM radio stations in Fyffe:

WZOB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FORT PAYNE, AL; Owner: CENTRAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
WQRX (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VALLEY HEAD, AL; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
WVSM (1500 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RAINSVILLE, AL; Owner: SAND MOUNTAIN ADVERTISING CO., INC.)
WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
WZCT (1330 AM; 5 kW; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: BONNER AND CARLILE ENTERPRISES)
WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WAAX (570 AM; 5 kW; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Fyffe:

WKEA-FM (98.3 FM; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: KEA RADIO, INC.)
WRHY (105.9 FM; CENTRE, AL; Owner: WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WQSB (105.1 FM; ALBERTVILLE, AL; Owner: SAND MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
WBDX (102.7 FM; TRENTON, GA; Owner: PARTNERS FOR CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
WMBW (88.9 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
W289AC (105.7 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WILLIAM PAXTON ROGERS)
WAHR (99.1 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
WTBB (89.9 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
WMXN-FM (101.7 FM; STEVENSON, AL; Owner: KEA RADIO, INC.)
WXQW (94.1 FM; MERIDIANVILLE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLJS-FM (91.9 FM; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: BD. OF TRUSTEES/JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY)
W293AH (106.5 FM; NORMAL, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WSGN (91.5 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WTWX-FM (95.9 FM; GUNTERSVILLE, AL; Owner: GUNTERSVILLE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WGMZ (93.1 FM; GLENCOE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WJIA (88.5 FM; GUNTERSVILLE, AL; Owner: LAKE CITY EDUCATIONAL B/CASTING INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Fyffe:

W64BJ (Channel 64; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WFLI-TV (Channel 53; CLEVELAND, TN; Owner: CHATTANOOGA MEDIA HOLDINGS, L.L.C.)
WZDX (Channel 54; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: HUNTSVILLE TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
WPXH (Channel 44; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)

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