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Courts: Halifax County - District Court Judges (357 Ferrell Lane), Halifax County - Family Court (357 Ferrell Lane), Halifax County - Family Court- Access & Visitation (357 Ferrell Lane), Halifax County - Family Court- Custody Mediation (357 Ferrell Lane), Halifax County - Clerk of Court- Resident Judge of Superior Court (357 Ferrell Lane), Halifax County - Day- Adult Protective Services Weldon- Access & Visitation- District Court Ju (357 Ferrell Lane).
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Average household size:
| This town: |  2.3 people | | North Carolina: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 71.8% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 1.9% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 26.0% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 10.6% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Halifax, NC
84 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Halifax compared to North Carolina 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.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Halifax (2009 data):
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Halifax Branch at 3 South King Street, branch established on 1968-03-01. 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
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Halifax County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
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Religion statistics for Halifax
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Episcopal Church |
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| Adherents | 42.2% | 27.2% | 9.4% | 4.8% | 3.3% |
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| Congregations | 30.6% | 23.5% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 8.2% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.9% |
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| Congregations | 2.4% | 4.7% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 10.6% |
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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.
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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 |
1 | $1,700 | $20,400 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $175 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $3,400 | $20,400 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
3 | $5,100 | $20,400 | 6 | $175 |
Halifax government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $66,000
All Other: $44,000
Solid Waste Management: $28,000
Parks & Recreation: $4,000
- Current Operations - Solid Waste Management: $75,000
Sewerage: $54,000
Fire Protection: $42,000
Central Staff Services: $29,000
Water Utilities: $23,000
General - Other: $10,000
Regular Highways: $4,000
Parks & Recreation: $4,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $3,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $21,000
All Other: $9,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $48,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $43,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $5,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $9,000
Rents: $5,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $1,000
Water Utilities: $1,000
Central Staff: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $131,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $28,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $16,000
General Support: $11,000
All Other: $3,000
- Tax - Property: $60,000
NEC: $2,000
Motor Vehicle License: $1,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $51,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0
4.93% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,411 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.93% | | 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:
5.25% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,919 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.25% | | 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 Halifax:
- WSMY (1400 AM; 1 kW; WELDON, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WYAL (1280 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SCOTLAND NECK, NC)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WCBT (1230 AM; 1 kW; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD, INC.)
- WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WRJR (670 AM; 20 kW; CLAREMONT, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE-PORTSMOUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WDZY (1290 AM; 25 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WEED (1390 AM; 5 kW; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
- WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Halifax:
- WRTP-FM (90.1 FM; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
- WZRU (88.5 FM; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: ROANOKE VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WYTT (97.9 FM; GASTON, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD, INC.)
- WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKTC (95.5 FM; PINETOPS, NC; Owner: WEQQ, INC.)
- WPTM (102.3 FM; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WYFL (92.5 FM; HENDERSON, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WFXK (104.3 FM; TARBORO, NC; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBKU (91.7 FM; AHSOKIE, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WPGT (91.1 FM; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
TV broadcast stations around Halifax:
- WUNP-TV (Channel 36; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WNVN-LP (Channel 20; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WRPX (Channel 47; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PAXSON RALEIGH LICENSE, INC.)
- WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
Halifax fatal accident list:
Jan 15, 2005 01:13 AM, E 5th St, Lee Rd, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jul 6, 2000 07:30 AM, Us-301, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Sep 21, 1987 09:40 AM, 301, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
Oct 22, 1986 10:05 AM, 301, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Dec 12, 1984 12:10 AM, 301, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 1
Nov 6, 1975 11:30 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Halifax)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 9 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Halifax, NC)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2- Halifax, Lat: 36.326889 Lon: -77.590694, Call Sign: WPQS205, Licensee ID: L00060918
Assigned Frequencies : 956.431 MHz
Grant Date: 09/12/2000, Expiration Date: 09/12/2010, Certifier: Frank K Ralph Jr
Registrant: Halifax County - Halifax, North King Street, Type: Tower, Structure height: 134.1 m, Overall height: 137.2 m, Call Sign: WQGZ760
Assigned Frequencies : 6595.00 MHz, 6645.00 MHz
Grant Date: 06/05/2007, Expiration Date: 06/05/2017, Certifier: Harold Meacombs
Registrant: North Carolina State Highway Patrol, 4702 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4702, Phone: (919) 662-4440, Fax: (919) 662-4444, Email:
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1- Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport, Type: Bant, Structure height: 4.5 m, Call Sign: WQFB400
Assigned Frequencies : 123.075 MHz
Grant Date: 06/06/2006, Expiration Date: 06/06/2016, Certifier: Kenny Hale
Registrant: Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport Authority, 1040 Roanoke Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870, Phone: (252) 533-2840
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Halifax)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 35
- Hazardous Condition: 6
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Halifax, NC
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