Pumpkin Center, North Carolina

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Population (year 2000): 2,228

Males: 1,097	(49.2%)
Females: 1,131	(50.8%)

Onslow County

Median resident age:	33.3 years
North Carolina median age:	35.3 years

Zip codes: 28546.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $52,200 (it was $42,730 in 2000)

Pumpkin Center	$52,200
North Carolina:	$40,729

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $96,400 (it was $81,300 in 2000)

Pumpkin Center	$96,400
North Carolina:	$127,600

Pumpkin Center, NC residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Pumpkin Center:

White Non-Hispanic (66.7%)
Black (19.1%)
Hispanic (6.5%)
Two or more races (4.1%)
Other race (2.8%)
Filipino (1.5%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.3%)
American Indian (0.9%)
Japanese (0.7%)
Chinese (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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	Commutable areas to Salisbury? (26 replies)
	Lincoln County Pre School (16 replies)
	Worried (8 replies)

Ancestries: German (14.5%), Irish (12.3%), English (8.9%), United States (7.3%), Italian (5.9%), Swedish (3.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 1.36 square miles.

Population density: 1641 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Pumpkin Center

High school or higher: 87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
Unemployed: 3.9%
Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Pumpkin Center CDP

Never married: 21.4%
Now married: 65.1%
Separated: 2.1%
Widowed: 3.7%
Divorced: 7.7%

172 residents are foreign born (4.0% Asia, 2.3% Latin America, 1.4% Europe).

This place:	7.7%
North Carolina:	5.3%

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

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

Pumpkin Center:	0.6% ($502)
North Carolina:	0.8% ($826)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jacksonville, NC (3.5 miles , pop. 66,715).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (113.4 miles , pop. 276,093).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (391.6 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Jacksonville, NC (3.5 miles ), Piney Green, NC (4.0 miles ), Half Moon, NC (6.6 miles ), Maysville, NC (12.6 miles ), Richlands, NC (14.9 miles ), Sneads Ferry, NC (16.0 miles ), Swansboro, NC (17.4 miles ), Pollocksville, NC (18.3 miles ).

Latitude: 34.78 N, Longitude: 77.36 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 910

Pumpkin Center household income distribution

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Most common industries for males:

Construction (25%)
Accommodation and food services (11%)
Public administration (9%)
Health care (9%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Educational services (10%)
Social assistance (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Public administration (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Personal and laundry services (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Carpenters (8%)
Business operations specialists (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Child care workers (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)

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Average climate in Pumpkin Center, North Carolina

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Pumpkin Center, North Carolina average temperatures

Pumpkin Center, North Carolina average precipitation

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Pumpkin Center-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 4% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/17/1965, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 18.0 miles away from the Pumpkin Center place center killed 2 people and injured 85 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/28/1984, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 47.4 miles away from the place center killed 16 people and injured 153 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Pumpkin Center:

BRYNN MARR HOSP (about 6 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC)
ONSLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC)
CRAVEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles; NEW BERN, NC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Pumpkin Center:

ALBERT J ELLIS (about 17 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC; ID: OAJ)
CRAVEN COUNTY REGIONAL (about 31 miles; NEW BERN, NC; ID: EWN)
CHERRY POINT MCAS /CUNNINGHAM FIELD/ (about 36 miles; CHERRY POINT, NC; ID: NKT)

Other public-use airports nearest to Pumpkin Center:

SKY MANOR (about 16 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC; ID: N22)
HOLLY RIDGE/TOPSAIL ISLAND (about 24 miles; HOLLY RIDGE, NC; ID: N21)
FLYING W (about 26 miles; POTTERS HILL, NC; ID: 6N9)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Pumpkin Center:

COASTAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 1 miles; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,237)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON (about 53 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; FT enrollment: 8,996)
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 16,633)
PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 3,072)
CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; WILMINGTON, NC; FT enrollment: 3,550)
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 100 miles; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 3,506)
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY INC (about 105 miles; BUIES CREEK, NC; FT enrollment: 5,286)

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Average household size:

This place:	3.0 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	83.1%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.5%
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: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	3.9%
Whole state:	12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	3.5%
Whole state:	5.5%

Pumpkin Center 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.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of rooms per house above state average.
House age below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Pumpkin Center mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Onslow County North Carolina:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

17.83% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,837 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	17.83%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

1.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,725 average AGI)
Onslow County: 1.14%
North Carolina average: 0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from San Diego County, CA	0.45% ($36,623 average AGI)
from Craven County, NC	0.33% ($28,580)
from Escambia County, FL	0.28% ($25,969)

19.23% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,783 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	19.23%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

0.77% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,077 average AGI)
Onslow County: 0.77%
North Carolina average: 0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to San Diego County, CA	0.47% ($30,036 average AGI)
to New Hanover County, NC	0.40% ($31,863)
to Craven County, NC	0.32% ($31,849)

Strongest AM radio stations in Pumpkin Center:

WJCV (1290 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: DOWN EAST BROADCASTING CO INC.)
WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WSTK (910 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WJNC (1240 AM; 1 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: HERITAGE BROADCASTING, LLC)
WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
WRNS (960 AM; 5 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
WDJS (1430 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT OLIVE, NC; Owner: MOUNT OLIVE BROADCASTING CO.)
WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
WMYT (1180 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CAROLINA BEACH, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WDLX (930 AM; 5 kW; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Pumpkin Center:

WSFL-FM (106.5 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WSFL LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WKOO (98.7 FM; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WXQR-FM (105.5 FM; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQSL (92.3 FM; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WRNS-FM (95.1 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WIKS (101.9 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WIKS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WXNR (99.5 FM; GRIFTON, NC; Owner: WXNR LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WMGV (103.3 FM; NEWPORT, NC; Owner: WMGV LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WNBR (94.1 FM; ORIENTAL, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
WTEB (89.3 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)

TV broadcast stations around Pumpkin Center:

WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
WPXU-TV (Channel 35; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON JACKSONVILLE LICENSE, INC.)
WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

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