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Henry County

Population in 2010: 857. Population change since 2000: -3.2%
Males: 418  (48.8%)
Females: 439  (51.2%)

Median resident age:  47.6 years
Virginia median age:  43.4 years

Zip codes: 24055.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $29,018 (it was $31,607 in 2000)
Oak Level:

$29,018
Virginia:

$59,330
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $23,999

Oak Level CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $101,204 (it was $76,300 in 2000)
Oak Level:

$101,204
Virginia:

$252,600
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $106,949; Detached houses: $119,595; Townhouses or other attached units: $41,678; Mobile homes: $50,465

Median gross rent in 2009: $408.

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Oak Level races chart
  • White alone - 790 (92.2%)
  • Black alone - 57 (6.7%)
  • Two or more races - 4 (0.5%)
  • American Indian alone - 3 (0.4%)
  • Hispanic - 2 (0.2%)
  • Asian alone - 1 (0.1%)

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Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Oak Level: 86.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (20.3%), English (15.0%), Irish (8.6%), German (5.2%), Scottish (3.8%), Scotch-Irish (1.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1258 feet

Land area: 6.09 square miles.

Population density: 141 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Oak Level:

  • High school or higher: 58.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.7%
  • Unemployed: 4.0%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Oak Level CDP:

  • Never married: 17.5%
  • Now married: 61.8%
  • Separated: 2.9%
  • Widowed: 8.6%
  • Divorced: 9.1%

7 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.8%
Virginia:  8.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $512 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $461 (0.4%)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Roanoke, VA (33.2 miles , pop. 94,911).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Greensboro, NC (50.1 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (341.3 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Stanleytown, VA (1.8 miles ), Bassett, VA (1.9 miles ), Collinsville, VA (2.3 miles ), Fieldale, VA (2.6 miles ), Villa Heights, VA (2.7 miles ), Martinsville, VA (2.9 miles ), Ferrum, VA (3.1 miles ), Chatmoss, VA (3.3 miles ).

Latitude: 36.80 N, Longitude: 79.94 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 276

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Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

10.1%
Virginia:

5.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)
Males Females
  • Manufacturing (36%)
  • Transportation and warehousing (25%)
  • Retail trade (23%)
  • Utilities (9%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (0%)
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (0%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (23%)
  • Manufacturing (18%)
  • Retail trade (16%)
  • Health care and social assistance (15%)
  • Public administration (13%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Wholesale trade (5%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
  • Painters and paperhangers (5%)
  • Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Legal support workers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)

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Tornado activity:

Oak Level-area historical tornado activity is near Virginia state average. It is 30% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/20/1998, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.5 miles away from the Oak Level place center killed 2 people and injured 27 people and caused $34 million in damages.

On 9/17/2004, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 5.1 miles away from the place center injured 4 people and caused $54 million in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Oak Level-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 94% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/21/1998 at 05:56:47, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.3 LG, Depth: 8.3 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 95.7 miles away from the city center
On 4/22/1991 at 01:01:20, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 9.1 mi) earthquake occurred 80.5 miles away from Oak Level 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 83.9 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Henry County (10) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 7
Emergencies Declared: 3

Causes of natural disasters: Winter Storms: 3, Floods: 2, Hurricanes: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Mudslide: 1, Snowfall: 1, Storm: 1, Tornado: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Blizzard: 1, Drought: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals/medical centers near Oak Level:

  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF MARTINSVILLE & HENRY COUNTY (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, about 10 miles away; MARTINSVILLE, VA)
  • CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 15 miles away; ROCKY MOUNT, VA)
  • "PIONEER HEALTH SERVICES OF PATRICK COUNTY,INC" (Critical Access Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 19 miles away; STUART, VA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Oak Level:

  • Virginia Western Community College (about 31 miles; Roanoke, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,563)
  • National College-Salem (about 36 miles; Salem, VA; FT enrollment: 4,851)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (about 40 miles; Blacksburg, VA; FT enrollment: 27,887)
  • Radford University (about 42 miles; Radford, VA; FT enrollment: 7,927)
  • New River Community College (about 47 miles; Dublin, VA; FT enrollment: 2,107)
  • Guilford College (about 49 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 2,312)
  • Wake Forest University (about 50 miles; Winston Salem, NC; FT enrollment: 6,909)

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Henry County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 10.2%
(10.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents)

Average household size:
This place:  2.2 people
Virginia:  2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  64.4%
Whole state:  67.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  2.9%
Whole state:  4.7%

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

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Oak Level, VA


Oak Level compared to Virginia state average:

  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (51%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
  • Wood (4%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


2004 Presidential Election results in Henry County Virginia:


2008 Presidential Election results in Henry County Virginia:
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Religion statistics for Oak Level (based on Henry County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 37.45%
Here37.4%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchChristian Churches and Churches of ChristPresbyterian Church (USA)International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Adherents52.9%11.1%9.1%5.2%4.1%
Congregations30.0%14.4%5.6%5.6%10.0%
NameChristian Church (Disciples of Christ)Church of the BrethrenChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Episcopal ChurchOther
Adherents3.5%3.0%2.6%2.2%6.2%
Congregations3.3%3.3%3.3%1.1%23.3%
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: 13
Henry County:

2.34 / 10,000 pop.
State:

2.03 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 14
This county:

2.52 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

1.43 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 42
Henry County:

7.57 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

4.03 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 26
Here:

4.69 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

7.65 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:

11.3%
Virginia:

9.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Henry County:

27.9%
State:

26.7%

4.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,725 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

4.22%
Virginia average:

11.06%

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($341 average AGI)
Henry County:

0.06%
Virginia average:

0.41%


Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Martinsville city, VA  0.78% ($28,094 average AGI)
from Franklin County, VA  0.35% ($24,528)
from Patrick County, VA  0.35% ($22,319)


4.67% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,500 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

4.67%
Virginia average:

10.78%

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 Martinsville city, VA  0.83% ($26,485 average AGI)
to Rockingham County, NC  0.37% ($23,316)
to Franklin County, VA  0.31% ($38,484)

Strongest AM radio stations in Oak Level:

  • WODY (1160 AM; 5 kW; FIELDALE, VA; Owner: BASE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WHEE (1370 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: PATRICK HENRY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WCBX (900 AM; 1 kW; BASSETT, VA; Owner: BASE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFIC (1530 AM; daytime; 1 kW; COLLINSVILLE, VA; Owner: BASE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WYTI (1570 AM; 3 kW; ROCKY MOUNT, VA; Owner: WYTI, INC.)
  • WMVA (1450 AM; 1 kW; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: MARTINSVILLE BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WHEO (1270 AM; 5 kW; STUART, VA; Owner: MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WVBE (610 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Oak Level:

  • WZBB (99.9 FM; STANLEYTOWN, VA; Owner: WNLB RADIO, INC.)
  • WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WPIM (90.5 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC)
  • WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
  • KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WTQR (104.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WJMH (102.1 FM; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WGBT (94.5 FM; EDEN, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • W285DJ (104.9 FM; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC,)
  • WBWR (106.9 FM; BEDFORD, VA; Owner: BEDFORD RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WMQX-FM (93.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WBRF (98.1 FM; GALAX, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE RADIO, INC.)
  • WRXT (90.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WJJS-FM (106.1 FM; VINTON, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WYYD (107.9 FM; AMHERST, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WZZU (97.9 FM; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: TRAVIS MEDIA L.L.C.)
  • WFNR-FM (100.7 FM; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Oak Level:

  • WSET-TV (Channel 13; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: WSET INCORPORATED)
  • WJPR (Channel 21; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: GRANT BROADCASTING SYSTEMS II, INC.)

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