Average household size:
| This town: | 2.0 people | | North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 66.6% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 3.2% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 8.4% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 3.6% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Oriental, NC
2 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in other workers' dormitories
Oriental compared to North Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
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Banks with branches in Oriental (2009 data):
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: Oriental Branch at 409 Broad Street, branch established on 1972-12-14. Info updated 2009-01-06: Bank assets: $13,862.8 mil, Deposits: $11,768.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 343 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Pamlico County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religion statistics for Oriental
| Name | United Methodist Church | Original Free Will Baptists | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Southern Baptist Convention | United Church of Christ |
| Adherents | 30.7% | 23.3% | 10.7% | 10.4% | 9.9% |
| Congregations | 21.1% | 21.1% | 7.9% | 5.3% | 13.2% |
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| Name | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Episcopal Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Other religions |
| Adherents | 5.1% | 4.1% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.4% |
| Congregations | 15.8% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 7.9% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $4,632 | $55,584 | 3 | $3,892 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $5,834 | $35,004 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $1,308 | $15,696 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $6,173 | $24,692 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
7 | $17,947 | $30,766 | 3 | $3,892 |
Oriental government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $124,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $2,000
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $105,000
Police Protection: $104,000
Regular Highways: $101,000
Central Staff Services: $92,000
Solid Waste Management: $49,000
Water Utilities: $45,000
General - Other: $17,000
Parks & Recreation: $15,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,000
General Public Buildings: $6,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $65,000
All Other: $5,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $39,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $20,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $19,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $20,000
Interest Earnings: $8,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $6,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $822,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $53,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $44,000
General Support: $31,000
All Other: $26,000
- Tax - Property: $238,000
Other Selective Sales: $15,000
NEC: $10,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $187,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000
7.65% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,047 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.65% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
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:
7.79% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,940 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.79% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Oriental:
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WDLX (930 AM; 5 kW; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WANG (1330 AM; daytime; 1 kW; HAVELOCK, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WSTK (910 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WJCV (1290 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: DOWN EAST BROADCASTING CO INC.)
- WRNS (960 AM; 5 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBTB (1400 AM; 1 kW; BEAUFORT, NC; Owner: EASTERN CAROLINA BROADCASTING COMPAN)
Strongest FM radio stations in Oriental:
- WMGV (103.3 FM; NEWPORT, NC; Owner: WMGV LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRUP (97.9 FM; BAYBORO, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WTKF (107.3 FM; ATLANTIC, NC; Owner: ATLANTIC RIDGE TELECASTERS, INC.)
- WNBR (94.1 FM; ORIENTAL, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WQZL (101.1 FM; BELHAVEN, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WIKS (101.9 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WIKS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WXNR (99.5 FM; GRIFTON, NC; Owner: WXNR LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WOTJ (90.7 FM; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
- WRHT (96.3 FM; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WLGP (100.3 FM; HARKERS ISLAND, NC; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WSFL-FM (106.5 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WSFL LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTEB (89.3 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WBJD (91.5 FM; ATLANTIC BEACH, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WANG-FM (105.1 FM; HAVELOCK, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Oriental:
- WFXI (Channel 8; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF EASTERN CAROLINA LICENSE LLC)
- WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
- WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1- Joel C Mele, 1630 Kershaw Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 152.1 m, Overall height: 152.1 m, , Licensee ID: L00288133
Registrant: 9332doris Drive, Oriental, NC 28571, Phone: (252) 249-2344, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 7- Fire Station Main St, Call Sign: WYZ389, Licensee ID: L00071441
Assigned Frequencies : 155.040 MHz Grant Date: 11/06/1998, Expiration Date: 01/03/2004, Cancelation Date: 03/07/2004
Registrant: County Of Pamlico, County Courthouse, Bayboro, NC 28515 - Lat: 35.014167 Lon: -76.708889, Call Sign: WPUP282
Assigned Frequencies : 152.285 MHz, 157.545 MHz Grant Date: 04/05/2002, Expiration Date: 04/05/2012, Certifier: Wray A Lemke
Registrant: Mount Pleasant Radio Co, 450 W Coleman Blvd, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464, Phone: (843) 881-5755, Fax: (843) 881-0660 - Lat: 35.049444 Lon: -76.700000, Call Sign: WPUP474
Assigned Frequencies : 152.345 MHz, 157.605 MHz Grant Date: 04/08/2002, Expiration Date: 04/08/2012, Certifier: Raymond Tingle Jr
Registrant: Mount Pleasant Radio Co, 450 W Coleman Blvd., Mt Pleasant, SC 29464, Phone: (843) 881-5755, Fax: (843) 881-0660 - Lat: 35.028611 Lon: -76.694722, Call Sign: WPWT703, Licensee ID: L00588513
Assigned Frequencies : 159.195 MHz Grant Date: 01/17/2003, Expiration Date: 01/17/2013, Certifier: Wyatt Cutler
Registrant: Oriental, Town Of, Oriental, NC 28571, Phone: (252) 249-0555 - 6389 Straight Rd, Type: Building, Structure height: 15 m, Overall height: 20 m, Call Sign: WPYY800
Assigned Frequencies : 158.835 MHz Grant Date: 12/03/2003, Expiration Date: 12/03/2013, Certifier: Barry Beauchamp
Registrant: Lupton\'s Cellpage Of Nc, Stonewall, NC 28583, Phone: (252) 745-5655, Fax: (252) 745-4512, Email:
- Lat: 35.050333 Lon: -76.732583, Call Sign: WQBM835
Assigned Frequencies : 152.990 MHz, 160.207 MHz Grant Date: 11/08/2004, Expiration Date: 11/08/2014, Certifier: Joel C Mele
Registrant: Luptons Electronics, 16377 Nc Highway 55, Stonewall, NC 28583, Phone: (252) 745-5655, Fax: (252) 745-4512 - Whittaker Point Rd, Type: Bant, Structure height: 5 m, Overall height: 6.1 m, Call Sign: WQHI791
Assigned Frequencies : 451.062 MHz Grant Date: 08/08/2007, Expiration Date: 08/08/2017, Certifier: James R Krause
Registrant: Cara Enterprises, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, 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: 11 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 101 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Oriental)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 6- Aircraft: CESSNA 182J (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 119 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3325F , Serial Number: 18257325, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 06/18/1966
Registrant (Corporation): Pamlico Flyers LLC, Po Box 88, Oriental, NC 28571 - Aircraft: CESSNA 177B (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 108 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 35114 , Serial Number: 17702216, Year manufactured: 1974, Airworthiness Date: 11/21/1974
Registrant (Individual): Richard H Verdier, Po Box 787, Oriental, NC 28571 - Aircraft: CESSNA 150D (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 4527U , Serial Number: 15060527, Year manufactured: 1964, Airworthiness Date: 05/04/1964
Registrant (Individual): Donald G Mau, Po Box 297, Oriental, NC 28571 - Aircraft: KELLER ROBERT S DOMINATOR-SINGLE (Gyroplane, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B (400 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 514RK , Serial Number: 001, Year manufactured: 2007, Airworthiness Date: 10/12/2007
Registrant (Individual): Robert S Keller, 481 Plantation Pkwy, Oriental, NC 28571 - Aircraft: WEIS JONATHAN CARL TANDEM GYRO PLANE (Rotorcraft, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B (400 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 522JK , Serial Number: 001, Year manufactured: 2005, Airworthiness Date: 03/11/2005
Registrant (Individual): Jonathan C Weis, 355 White Farm Rd, Oriental, NC 28571 - Aircraft: MOONEY M20C (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 6748U , Serial Number: 2470, Year manufactured: 1963, Airworthiness Date: 05/01/1963
Registrant (Individual): Fred W Hannon, Po Box 655, Oriental, NC 28571
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 18
- Hazardous Condition: 3
Incident types - Oriental
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Oriental, NC
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