Robeson County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 30.7. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.40. This is about average. Closest monitor was 21.6 miles away from the city center.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2001 was 0.00334. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 22.0 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 28.6%
(21.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 41.4% for Black residents, 2.0% for American Indian residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.5 people | | North Carolina: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 67.1% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.0% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Maxton, NC
7 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Maxton compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below 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.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Maxton (2011 data):
- Lumbee Guaranty Bank: Maxton Branch at 104 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, branch established on 1985/02/05. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $304.2 mil, Deposits: $260.6 mil, headquarters in Pembroke, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices
- First Bank: Maxton Branch at 133 West Central Street, branch established on 1998/11/23. Info updated 2011/01/25: Bank assets: $3,289.4 mil, Deposits: $2,759.1 mil, headquarters in Troy, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 98 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancorp
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Robeson County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Maxton (based on Robeson County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 42.43%
| Here |  | 42.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Catholic Church |
| Adherents | 58.4% | 16.9% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 4.0% |
| Congregations | 49.1% | 15.0% | 10.5% | 10.0% | 0.9% |
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| Name | Assemblies of God | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Baha'i | Other |
| Adherents | 3.1% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Congregations | 4.5% | 3.6% | 1.4% | - | 5.0% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 26 | This county: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | Robeson County: | 0.16 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 16 | This county: | 1.25 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 76 | Robeson County: | 5.93 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 54 | Robeson County: | 4.22 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult obesity rate: | This county: | 36.1% | | North Carolina: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Robeson County: | 16.3% | | North Carolina: | 15.6% |
| 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 | $5,818 | $23,272 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $7,528 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
7 | $22,426 | $38,445 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
5 | $10,238 | $24,571 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
7 | $14,435 | $24,746 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $901 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $1,982 | $23,784 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
4 | $8,032 | $24,096 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $3,782 | $22,692 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $3,261 | $19,566 | 1 | $759 |
| Totals for Government |
31 | $69,974 | $27,087 | 9 | $9,188 |
Maxton government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $409,000 ($168.17)
All Other: $253,000 ($104.03)
Parks & Recreation: $9,000 ($3.70)
- Current Operations - General - Other: $930,000 ($382.40)
Police Protection: $553,000 ($227.38)
Central Staff Services: $343,000 ($141.04)
Sewerage: $328,000 ($134.87)
Liquor Stores: $298,000 ($122.53)
Regular Highways: $189,000 ($77.71)
Water Utilities: $140,000 ($57.57)
Fire Protection: $26,000 ($10.69)
Libraries: $10,000 ($4.11)
Parks & Recreation: $8,000 ($3.29)
Health Services - Other: $2,000 ($0.82)
- General - Interest on Debt: $23,000 ($9.46)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Health: $2,000 ($0.82)
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $2,000 ($0.82)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $666,000 ($273.85)
General Support: $328,000 ($134.87)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $378,000 ($155.43)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $362,000 ($148.85)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $16,000 ($6.58)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $67,000 ($27.55)
Interest Earnings: $13,000 ($5.35)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $40,000 ($16.45)
Water Utilities: $31,000 ($12.75)
Regular Highways: $15,000 ($6.17)
Police Protection: $1,000 ($0.41)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $410,000 ($168.59)
- Revenue - Liquor Stores: $295,000 ($121.30)
Water Utilities: $175,000 ($71.96)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $111,000 ($45.64)
General Support: $88,000 ($36.18)
All Other: $11,000 ($4.52)
Transit Utilities: $1,000 ($0.41)
- Tax - Property: $398,000 ($163.65)
NEC: $19,000 ($7.81)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $809,000 ($332.65)
4.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,268 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.28% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($277 average AGI)| Robeson County: | 0.08% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,142 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.58% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($457 average AGI)| Robeson County: | 0.08% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Maxton:
- WEWO (1460 AM; 5 kW; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: SERVICE MEDIA, INC.)
- WYRU (1160 AM; 5 kW; RED SPRINGS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBSC (1550 AM; 10 kW; BENNETTSVILLE, SC; Owner: D-MITCH BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WLNC (1300 AM; 1 kW; LAURINBURG, NC)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WKKE (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: FERRIS YARNELL LOCKLEAR)
- WEEB (990 AM; 10 kW; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: PINEHURST BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WLWL (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ROCKINGHAM, NC; Owner: SANDHILLS BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
Strongest FM radio stations in Maxton:
- WFLB (96.5 FM; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: WFLB LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WUKS (107.7 FM; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKQB (106.9 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)
- WZFX (99.1 FM; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQSM (98.1 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WCMG (94.3 FM; LATTA, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- W275AH (102.9 FM; MAXTON, NC; Owner: AUGUSTA RADIO FELLOWSHIP INSTITUTE, INC.)
- WJSG (104.3 FM; HAMLET, NC; Owner: JACKSON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WHLZ (100.5 FM; MARION, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WIOZ-FM (102.5 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: MERIDIAN COMMUNICATIONS. L.L.C.)
- WFNC-FM (102.3 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Maxton:
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WLPS-LP (Channel 7; LUMBERTON/PEMBROKE, NC; Owner: BILLY RAY LOCKLEAR)
- WFPX (Channel 62; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- W19CA (Channel 19; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION)
- W67DU (Channel 67; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WPEM-LP (Channel 47; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: GERALD LOCKLEAR)
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- W66DE (Channel 50; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WJPM-TV (Channel 33; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W66DF (Channel 66; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Maxton, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 7
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 17
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
- Fatalities: 7
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 35
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 102
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 157
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 29
- Fatalities: 110
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 273
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 16
See more detailed statistics of Maxton fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 55 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Maxton)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 7 - 201 Mc Caskill Ave (Lat: 34.737111 Lon: -79.348389), Type: Tower, Structure height: 14 m, Call Sign: WPDI221
Assigned Frequencies: 458.850 MHz Grant Date: 07/16/2003, Expiration Date: 10/04/2013
Registrant: Chicago Equipment Company, Inc., West Dundee, IL 60118, Phone: (630) 871-5510, Fax: (847) 548-9350, Email:
- 4 Mi N (Lat: 34.775167 Lon: -79.374778), Call Sign: WST900, Licensee ID: L00185172
Assigned Frequencies: 48.7200 MHz, 49.4800 MHz Grant Date: 07/30/1997, Expiration Date: 09/14/2002, Cancellation Date: 09/04/2002
Registrant: Canal Wood Corporation, Conway, SC 29526, Phone: (803) 385-3133 - Int Hwy 71 & Cr 1308 (Lat: 34.774056 Lon: -79.323361), Call Sign: KNFC399, Licensee ID: L00097227
Assigned Frequencies: 462.375 MHz Grant Date: 01/30/1997, Expiration Date: 03/28/2002, Cancellation Date: 06/02/2002
Registrant: Campbell Soup Company, Rte 2 Box 98, Maxton, NC 28364, Phone: (919) 844-5631 - Lat: 34.788056 Lon: -79.376111, Call Sign: WPTD365
Assigned Frequencies: 465.012 MHz, 467.862 MHz, 462.887 MHz Grant Date: 09/04/2001, Expiration Date: 09/04/2011, Cancellation Date: 12/08/2006, Certifier: Frederick J Grejda
Registrant: Federal Licensing Inc, 1588 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Phone: (717) 334-9262, Fax: (717) 334-6440 - Lat: 34.697000 Lon: -79.259528, Call Sign: WQDH564
Assigned Frequencies: 452.037 MHz, 452.412 MHz Grant Date: 08/29/2005, Expiration Date: 08/29/2015, Certifier: Willie Harriss Mr.
Registrant: Cara Enterprises, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:
- 1mile Nw Of Int Of Deep Branch Rd And Rr Tracks (Lat: 34.708361 Lon: -79.267694), Type: Pole, Structure height: 14.6 m, Overall height: 16.8 m, Call Sign: WQJT258
Assigned Frequencies: 160.590 MHz, 160.785 MHz, 161.520 MHz Grant Date: 12/22/2008, Expiration Date: 12/22/2018, Certifier: Shantrice Cruse
Registrant: Csx Transportation, 6735 Southpoint Dr. S, 4th Flr J958, Jacksonville, FL 32216, Phone: (904) 332-5925, Fax: (904) 332-6048, Email:
- Lat: 34.771889 Lon: -79.323889, Call Sign: WQLN213
Assigned Frequencies: 159.742 MHz Grant Date: 03/11/2010, Expiration Date: 03/11/2020, Certifier: Greg Westbrook
Registrant: Cara Enterprises Inc, Las Vegas, NV 89140-0124, Phone: (702) 838-9728, Fax: (702) 363-4607, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 7 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2 - Call Sign: KD4DUE
Grant Date: 08/13/1991, Expiration Date: 08/13/2001, Cancellation Date: 08/14/2003
Registrant: Carl G Collins, Rt 3 Box 172ab, Maxton, NC 28364 - Call Sign: WB4TFF, Licensee ID: L00250675
Grant Date: 06/03/2000, Expiration Date: 08/28/2010
Registrant: Elmer R Parnell, Maxton, NC 28364
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: CESSNA 336 (Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 135 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3860U , Serial Number: 336-0160, Year manufactured: 1963, Airworthiness Date: 01/07/1964
Registrant (Individual): Ferriss Y Locklear, 210 Melinda Rd, Maxton, NC 28364
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Maxton, NC
| Businesses in Maxton, NC |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| FedEx | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| H&R Block | 2 | | Walgreens | 1 |
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