Laurel Park, North Carolina

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Back to Laurel Park, NC housing info, Henderson County, North Carolina, NC smaller cities, NC small cities, All Cities.   We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Laurel Park, NC Henderson County Population in July 2009: 2,165. Population change since 2000: +18.0%   Males: 969   (44.8%) Females: 1,196   (55.2%) Median resident age:   58.6 years North Carolina median age:   35.3 years Zip codes: 28739. Estimated median household income in 2008: $63,326 (it was $52,813 in 2000) Laurel Park:   $63,326 North Carolina:   $46,549 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $42,477 Laurel Park town income, earnings, and wages data Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $285,528 (it was $164,600 in 2000) Laurel Park:   $285,528 North Carolina:   $154,500 Mean prices in 2008: Mobile homes: $187,500 Laurel Park, NC residents, houses, and apartments details Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for: near:   White alone - 1,798 (98.0%) Two or more races - 12 (0.7%) Black alone - 9 (0.5%) Hispanic - 10 (0.5%) Asian alone - 5 (0.3%) American alone - 1 (0.05%) Races in Laurel Park detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Laurel Park: 89.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Laurel Park, North Carolina on our local forum with over 900,000 registered users. Laurel Park is mentioned 155 times on our forum: Apartments that are connected to Salem Elementary or Laurel Park Elementary  (8 replies) More information on Power lines that run near Laurel Park School, Sub division/Apex Park  (3 replies) Laurel Park Elementary  (2 replies) Hendersonville, Brevard, Laurel Park, Mills River, Flat Rock or Arden/Fletcher?  (37 replies) Renting in the Upscale-Laurel Park  (0 replies) Concord - Highland Creek or Laurel Park  (8 replies) Ancestries: English (22.1%), German (20.7%), United States (12.8%), Irish (12.1%), Scottish (6.4%), Scotch-Irish (4.6%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Land area: 2.68 square miles. Population density: 807 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in Laurel Park, North Carolina

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Laurel Park-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 7% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 35.9 miles away from the Laurel Park town center killed 2 people and injured 35 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 tornado 52.8 miles away from the town center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Political contributions by individuals in Laurel Park, NC

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Notable location: Hendersonville Golf and Country Club (A). Display/hide its location on the map Reservoirs: Laurel Park Lake (A), Rainbow Lake (B), Briar Lake (C), Echo Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.0 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	65.2%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	1.9%
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

This town:	3.3%
Whole state:	12.3%

This town:	1.8%
Whole state:	5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Laurel Park, NC

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Here		55.8%
USA		50.2%

This county:	2.19 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:	2.05 / 10,000 pop.

Henderson County:	0.20 / 10,000 pop.
State:	0.14 / 10,000 pop.

Henderson County:	0.60 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:	0.92 / 10,000 pop.

This county:	4.78 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:	4.75 / 10,000 pop.

Henderson County:	7.17 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:	7.57 / 10,000 pop.

Here:	9.9%
North Carolina:	9.8%

Here:	25.8%
North Carolina:	28.3%

Henderson County:	16.4%
State:	15.6%

8.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,762 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.39%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($419 average AGI)

Henderson County:	0.04%
North Carolina average:	0.17%

from Buncombe County, NC	1.96% ($44,461 average AGI)
from Transylvania County, NC	0.36% ($31,900)
from Polk County, NC	0.18% ($37,152)

6.49% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,307 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.49%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($200 average AGI)

Henderson County:	0.04%
North Carolina average:	0.10%

to Buncombe County, NC	1.57% ($45,806 average AGI)
to Transylvania County, NC	0.28% ($29,404)
to Polk County, NC	0.23% ($33,695)

• #74 (28739) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Scotch-Irish first ancestries (pop 5,000+)"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
• #37 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"