Average household size:
| This town: |  2.1 people | | North Carolina: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 59.0% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.1% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 24.3% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 7.6% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Powellsville, NC
Powellsville 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.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Bertie County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (2%)
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Religion statistics for Powellsville
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Assemblies of God | American Baptist Churches in the USA | United Methodist Church | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 77.5% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 4.4% | 2.9% |
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| Congregations | 61.9% | 11.9% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.9% |
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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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Powellsville government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $30,000
Solid Waste Management: $5,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $210,000
Central Staff Services: $38,000
Sewerage: $25,000
Water Utilities: $11,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,000
Police Protection: $2,000
General - Other: $1,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $36,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $25,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $43,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $30,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $13,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $5,000
General Revenue, NEC: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $170,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $13,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $9,000
General Support: $5,000
All Other: $2,000
- Tax - Property: $18,000
NEC: $3,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $20,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000
4.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,292 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.80% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($277 average AGI)| Bertie County: | 0.20% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.01% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,874 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.01% | | 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 Powellsville:
- WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WRJR (670 AM; 20 kW; CLAREMONT, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE-PORTSMOUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WYAL (1280 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SCOTLAND NECK, NC)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WGH (1310 AM; 20 kW; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE BAY BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WJPI (1470 AM; 5 kW; PLYMOUTH, NC; Owner: FREE TEMPLE MINISTRIES INC..)
- WPMH (1010 AM; 10 kW; PORTSMOUTH, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WDZY (1290 AM; 25 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WBTE (990 AM; 1 kW; WINDSOR, NC; Owner: WILLIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Powellsville:
- WKJX (96.7 FM; ELIZABETH CITY, NC; Owner: EAST CAROLINA RADIO OF ELIZABETH CITY, INC.)
- WBXB (100.1 FM; EDENTON, NC; Owner: EDENTON CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WQDK (99.3 FM; AHOSKIE, NC; Owner: MAX MEDIA OF THE CAROLINAS LLC)
- WCBZ (103.7 FM; WILLIAMSTON, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WURB (97.7 FM; WINDSOR, NC; Owner: WILLIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WAFX (106.9 FM; SUFFOLK, VA; Owner: TIDEWATER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBKU (91.7 FM; AHSOKIE, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WKOC (93.7 FM; CHESAPEAKE, VA; Owner: COMMONWEALTH RADIO, L.L.C.)
- WHRO-FM (90.3 FM; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION,INC)
- WHRV (89.5 FM; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION,INC)
- WDLZ (98.3 FM; MURFREESBORO, NC; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
- WIAM-FM (98.9 FM; WINDSOR, NC; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WKTC (95.5 FM; PINETOPS, NC; Owner: WEQQ, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Powellsville:
- WUND-TV (Channel 2; COLUMBIA, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WFTB-LP (Channel 55; WILLIAMSTON, ETC., NC; Owner: FREE TEMPLE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WTKR (Channel 3; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- WTVZ-TV (Channel 33; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WTVZ LICENSEE, LLC)
- WHRO-TV (Channel 15; HAMPTON-NORFOLK, VA; Owner: HAMPTON ROADS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOC, INC.)
- WPXV (Channel 49; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WVEC-TV (Channel 13; HAMPTON, VA; Owner: WVEC TELEVISION, INC.)
Powellsville fatal accident list:
Apr 6, 1987 04:10 AM, Main St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1- Call Sign: K2RPP, Previous Call Sign: KA2ENY, Licensee ID: L01457655
Grant Date: 01/14/2009, Expiration Date: 03/11/2019
Registrant: Reginald Pittman, 314 E Main St, Powellsville, NC 27967
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