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Catawba County

Population in July 2008: 4,944. Population change since 2000: +4.7%
 

Males: 2,373  (48.0%)
Females: 2,571  (52.0%)

Median resident age:  37.6 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 28602.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $35,217 (it was $33,491 in 2000)
Long View:  $35,217
North Carolina:  $44,670

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $18,518
Long View:  $18,518
North Carolina:  $24,307

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $95,292 (it was $71,300 in 2000)
Long View:  $95,292
North Carolina:  $145,700

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Races in Long View:

  • White Non-Hispanic (78.8%)
  • Black (9.1%)
  • Hispanic (7.1%)
  • Other race (3.2%)
  • Other Asian (2.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.9%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Long View: 80.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (18.1%), German (11.2%), English (7.1%), Irish (5.4%), Dutch (1.5%), Scotch-Irish (1.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 23 feet

Land area: 3.53 square miles.

Population density: 1402 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Long View

  • High school or higher: 59.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
  • Unemployed: 3.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 16.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Long View town

  • Never married: 26.5%
  • Now married: 52.0%
  • Separated: 3.1%
  • Widowed: 6.5%
  • Divorced: 11.9%

296 residents are foreign born (3.4% Asia, 2.4% Latin America).

This town:  6.3%
North Carolina:  5.3%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

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

Long View:  0.8% ($602)
North Carolina:  0.9% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Gastonia, NC (34.5 miles , pop. 66,277).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (47.6 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (450.8 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Hildebran, NC (1.4 miles ), Brookford, NC (1.6 miles ), Mountain View, NC (1.8 miles ), Hickory, NC (1.8 miles ), Northlakes, NC (1.8 miles ), Rhodhiss, NC (2.0 miles ), Icard, NC (2.0 miles ), Granite Falls, NC (2.4 miles ).

Latitude: 35.73 N, Longitude: 81.38 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +1,265 (+26.8%)
Workers who live and work in this town: 378 (15.9%)

Area code commonly used in this area: 828

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Population change in the 1990s: +343 (+7.8%).

Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Furniture and related products (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Apparel (6%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (16%)
  • Apparel (11%)
  • Furniture and related products (10%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (6%)
  • Educational services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Customer service representatives (5%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)



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Crime in Long View (2007):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 7 rapes (142.7 per 100,000)
  • 9 robberies (183.5 per 100,000)
  • 16 assaults (326.3 per 100,000)
  • 156 burglaries (3181.1 per 100,000)
  • 174 thefts (3548.1 per 100,000)
  • 37 auto thefts (754.5 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 659.5 (higher means more crime, US average = 302.7)

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Long View-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 6% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 3.8 miles away from the Long View town center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 5/7/1998, a category 4 tornado 10.0 miles away from the town center injured 2 people and caused $1 million in damages.


Long View-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above North Carolina state average. It is 91% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/13/1998 at 09:56:11, a magnitude 3.9 (3.5 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 93.0 miles away from Long View center
On 8/25/2005 at 03:09:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MW, Depth: 5.0 mi) earthquake occurred 80.2 miles away from the city center
On 6/26/1995 at 00:36:17, a magnitude 3.5 (3.1 MB, 3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 70.7 miles away from the city center
On 6/5/1998 at 02:31:01, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 36.0 miles away from Long View center
On 2/12/1994 at 02:40:24, a magnitude 3.4 (2.9 ML, 3.4 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 81.8 miles away from the city center
On 12/7/2007 at 11:07:03, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 54.9 miles away from Long View center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Long View:
  • CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; HICKORY, NC)
  • FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; HICKORY, NC)
  • VALDESE GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (about 14 miles; VALDESE, NC)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Long View:
  • CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 3 miles; HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
  • GASTON COLLEGE (about 30 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,473)
  • GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; BOILING SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
  • APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
  • CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 47 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
  • ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 52 miles; SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • The Town of Long View, NC is not in Bladen County. The town is primarily in Catawba County. The town\'s boarders also extend into Burke County.

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Average household size:
This town:  2.3 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  62.6%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  6.2%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  15.3%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  4.2%
Whole state:  5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Long View, NC



Long View compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Catawba County North Carolina:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (39%)
  • Electricity (34%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)


Religion statistics for Long View

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaLutheran ChurchCatholic Church
Adherents36.1%16.8%13.4%9.7%5.1%
Congregations30.0%16.9%12.1%5.8%1.0%
NameUnited Church of ChristPresbyterian Church (USA)Episcopal ChurchAmerican Baptist Churches in the USAOther religions
Adherents3.5%2.9%1.7%1.5%9.4%
Congregations4.8%2.9%1.4%1.0%24.2%
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.


Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 3$7,871$31,4840$0
Other Government Administration 4$12,956$38,8680$0
Police Protection - Officers 15$37,901$30,3210$0
Firefighters 7$16,705$28,6370$0
Streets and Highways 5$11,373$27,2950$0
Sewerage 5$11,373$27,2950$0
Water Supply 4$9,153$27,4590$0
Totals for Government 43$107,332$29,9530$0



Long View government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $1,302,000
    Parks & Recreation: $11,000
    All Other: $2,000
  • Construction - Water Utilities: $77,000
  • Current Operations - Sewerage: $779,000
    Regular Highways: $607,000
    Police Protection: $592,000
    Water Utilities: $334,000
    Central Staff Services: $302,000
    Fire Protection: $278,000
    General - Other: $109,000
    Parks & Recreation: $22,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $165,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $702,000
    All Other: $19,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,748,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $2,552,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $196,000
  • Miscellaneous - Rents: $95,000
    Interest Earnings: $79,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $30,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $494,000
    Water Utilities: $87,000
    Police Protection: $56,000
    Regular Highways: $25,000
    Central Staff: $19,000
    General - Other: $5,000
    Parks & Recreation: $3,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,651,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $558,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $178,000
    Highways: $165,000
    All Other: $66,000
  • Tax - Property: $1,102,000
    NEC: $12,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,506,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0

6.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,065 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.79%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($146 average AGI)
Catawba County:  0.04%
North Carolina average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Burke County, NC  0.72% ($31,433 average AGI)
from Caldwell County, NC  0.57% ($28,517)
from Lincoln County, NC  0.55% ($35,239)


6.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,448 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.15%
North Carolina average:  7.27%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($494 average AGI)
Catawba County:  0.05%
North Carolina average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Burke County, NC  0.63% ($27,954 average AGI)
to Caldwell County, NC  0.54% ($29,689)
to Lincoln County, NC  0.50% ($33,464)


Strongest AM radio stations in Long View:
  • WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WAIZ (630 AM; 1 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: NEWTON-CONOVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WCXN (1170 AM; daytime; 8 kW; CLAREMONT, NC; Owner: WCXN, INC.)
  • WYCV (900 AM; 1 kW; GRANITE FALLS, NC; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WKGX (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WLTC (1370 AM; 20 kW; GASTONIA, NC)
  • WCIS (760 AM; daytime; 4 kW; MORGANTON, NC; Owner: W.F.M. INCORPORATED)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WNNC (1230 AM; 1 kW; NEWTON, NC; Owner: NEWTON-CONOVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWOL (780 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: HOLLY SPRINGS BAPTIST BROADCASTING CO., INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Long View:
  • WFHE (90.3 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
  • W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WAGI-FM (105.3 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: GAFFNEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKVS (103.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WXRC (95.7 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: PACIFIC BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
  • WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
  • WBAV-FM (101.9 FM; GASTONIA, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WFMX (105.7 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WTHZ (94.1 FM; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: DAVIDSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CO, INC)
  • WWMG (96.1 FM; SHELBY, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • W285DG (104.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Long View:
  • WHKY-TV (Channel 14; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
  • WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
  • WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
  • WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
  • WAFF (Channel 48; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
  • WAXN (Channel 64; KANNAPOLIS, NC; Owner: WSOC-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WUNG-TV (Channel 58; CONCORD, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WTVI (Channel 42; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • W38CN (Channel 38; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)

Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)

Long View, North Carolina:
  • Fatal accident count: 17
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 25
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 4
  • Fatalities: 18
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 42
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
North Carolina average:
  • Fatal accident count: 99
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 151
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 28
  • Fatalities: 106
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 264
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 15
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Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 3 partial tracts)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans
B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED6$81,71537$103,65741$96,9717$58,7941$505,18018$61,6492$65,030
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$02$83,06511$85,4721$76,0600$02$112,6050$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$012$77,45227$90,9877$35,0191$61,8403$91,0635$48,144
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$53,8803$114,34316$105,5421$125,7300$01$43,1100$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$01$181,7504$118,8300$00$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0106.00 , 0107.00, 0111.01

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 3 partial tracts)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED16$98,8795$121,5682$54,580
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED2$92,6051$93,3300$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$00$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$00$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0106.00 , 0107.00, 0111.01

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