Hickory Flat, Mississippi

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Population (year 2000): 565. Estimated population in July 2006: 543 (-3.9% change)

Males: 249	(44.1%)
Females: 316	(55.9%)

Benton County

Median resident age:	30.6 years
Mississippi median age:	33.8 years

Zip codes: 38633.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $23,900 (it was $24,141 in 2000)

Hickory Flat	$23,900
Mississippi:	$32,938

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $53,000 (it was $51,900 in 2000)

Hickory Flat	$53,000
Mississippi:	$82,700

Hickory Flat, MS residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Hickory Flat:

White Non-Hispanic (86.0%)
Black (12.7%)
American Indian (0.7%)

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Ancestries: English (21.4%), United States (19.6%), German (3.4%), Irish (3.0%), Dutch (2.1%), Italian (2.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 420 feet

Land area: 0.92 square miles.

Population density: 583 people per square mile

(low).

For population 25 years and over in Hickory Flat

High school or higher: 58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
Unemployed: 7.3%
Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Hickory Flat town

Never married: 16.4%
Now married: 56.0%
Separated: 1.1%
Widowed: 11.6%
Divorced: 14.8%

3 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.5%
Mississippi:	1.4%

According to our research there were 4 registered sex offenders living in Hickory Flat, Mississippi in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Hickory Flat to the number of sex offenders is 135 to 1.

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

Hickory Flat:	0.5% ($272)
Mississippi:	0.6% ($425)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Memphis, TN (63.8 miles , pop. 650,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (510.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Myrtle, MS (6.5 miles ), Potts Camp, MS (8.1 miles ), Blue Mountain, MS (11.8 miles ), Snow Lake Shores, MS (14.8 miles ), Ashland, MS (15.0 miles ), New Albany, MS (15.2 miles ), Ripley, MS (18.6 miles ), Holly Springs, MS (20.6 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 1 building, cost: $40,000
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 0 buildings
2005: 0 buildings
2006: 0 buildings
2007: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 34.62 N, Longitude: 89.19 W

Hickory Flat household income distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +5 (+0.9%).

Most common industries for males:

Furniture and related products (15%)
Truck transportation (13%)
Metal and metal products (11%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Wood products (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (27%)
Food and beverage stores (9%)
Health care (8%)
Furniture and related products (7%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Religious workers (6%)

Most common occupations for females

Cashiers (11%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Secondary school teachers (6%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)

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Average climate in Hickory Flat, Mississippi

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Hickory Flat, Mississippi average temperatures

Hickory Flat, Mississippi average precipitation

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Hickory Flat-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Mississippi state average. It is 104% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1970, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.0 miles away from the Hickory Flat town center killed 4 people and injured 78 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/22/1991, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 7.3 miles away from the town center injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Hickory Flat:

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY (about 16 miles; NEW ALBANY, MS)
TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; RIPLEY, MS)
ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (about 23 miles; HOLLY SPRINGS, MS)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Hickory Flat:

UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 29 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID: UOX)
TUPELO RGNL (about 38 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
MEMPHIS INTL (about 61 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; ID: MEM)

Other public-use airports nearest to Hickory Flat:

NEW ALBANY-UNION CO (about 14 miles; NEW ALBANY, MS; ID: M72)
RIPLEY (about 15 miles; RIPLEY, MS; ID: 25M)
HOLLY SPRINGS-MARSHALL COUNTY (about 26 miles; HOLLY SPRINGS, MS; ID: M41)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hickory Flat:

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 30 miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; Full-time enrollment: 11,068)
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS (about 61 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; FULTON, MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (about 68 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 15,831)
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UNION CAMPUS (about 68 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)

Public elementary/middle school in Hickory Flat:

HICKORY FLAT ATTENDANCE CENTER (Students: 512; Location: 1005 SPRUCE STREET; Grades: KG - 12)

User submitted facts and corrections:

Hickory Flat is home of actor, director, writer producer Joey Paul Gowdy http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1909603 who was born in Oxford Mississippi but raised in Hickory Flat where he spends his free time when not working.

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Average household size:

This town:	2.6 people
Mississippi:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	72.9%
Whole state:	71.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	3.2%
Whole state:	4.5%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	17.4%
Whole state:	19.9%

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

This town:	9.2%
Whole state:	9.1%

Hickory Flat compared to Mississippi state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
House age significantly above state average.

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Banks with branches in Hickory Flat (2007 data):

Merchants & Farmers Bank: Hickory Flat Branch at 539 Wolfe Street, branch established on 1953-10-12. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $66.2 mil, Deposits: $58.8 mil, headquarters in Holly Springs, MS, positive income, 5 total offices, Holding Company: M & F Bancorp, Inc.

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Hickory Flat mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.33% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,130 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.33%
Mississippi average:	7.82%

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, MS	1.68% ($27,111 average AGI)
from Shelby County, TN	1.31% ($30,743)
from Tippah County, MS	0.82% ($29,682)

7.64% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,901 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.64%
Mississippi average:	8.35%

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, MS	1.51% ($22,650 average AGI)
to Shelby County, TN	1.28% ($23,529)
to DeSoto County, MS	1.09% ($45,000)

Strongest AM radio stations in Hickory Flat:

WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WPLX (1170 AM; 10 kW; GERMANTOWN, TN; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
WJCE (680 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: ENTERCOM MEMPHIS LICENSE, LLC)
WKRA (1110 AM; daytime; 1 kW; HOLLY SPRINGS, MS; Owner: BILLY R. AUTRY)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KWAM (990 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WSAO (1140 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SENATOBIA, MS; Owner: JESSE C. ROSS AND ERNESTINE A. ROSS)

Strongest FM radio stations in Hickory Flat:

WRBO (103.5 FM; COMO, MS; Owner: MEMPHIS III LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WCNA (95.9 FM; POTTS CAMP, MS; Owner: OLVIE E. SISK)
WZLQ (98.5 FM; TUPELO, MS; Owner: SAN DOW BROADCASTING)
WWZD-FM (106.7 FM; NEW ALBANY, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WWMS (97.5 FM; OXFORD, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
WMAV-FM (90.3 FM; OXFORD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WMAE-FM (89.5 FM; BOONEVILLE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WKZU (102.3 FM; RIPLEY, MS; Owner: KUDZU COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WKRA-FM (92.7 FM; HOLLY SPRINGS, MS; Owner: BILLY R. AUTRY)
WSEL-FM (96.7 FM; PONTOTOC, MS; Owner: OLLIE COLLINS, JR.)
WUMS (92.1 FM; UNIVERSITY, MS; Owner: STUDENT MEDIA CENTER OF THE U. OF MS)
WQLJ (93.7 FM; OXFORD, MS; Owner: TELESOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WURC (88.1 FM; HOLLY SPRINGS, MS; Owner: RUST COLLEGE, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Hickory Flat:

WMAV-TV (Channel 18; OXFORD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION)
WBII-LP (Channel 20; HOLLY SPRINGS, MS; Owner: MID-SOUTH BROADCASTING)
WMAE-TV (Channel 12; BOONEVILLE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)

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