Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: |  2.3% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: | 1.7% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
River Bend compared to North Carolina state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage 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.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Craven County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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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 and Unallocable |
1 | $1,773 | $21,276 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $5,139 | $30,834 | 0 | $0 |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,040 | $36,480 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $7,231 | $43,386 | 1 | $1,539 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
4 | $12,354 | $37,062 | 2 | $2,289 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $5,141 | $30,846 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
12 | $34,678 | $34,678 | 3 | $3,828 |
River Bend government finances in 2004:
- Charges - Sewerage: $559,000
All Other: $3,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $65,000
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $347,000
Police Protection: $288,000
Central Staff Services: $220,000
Water Utilities: $149,000
Regular Highways: $126,000
Financial Administration: $70,000
Solid Waste Management: $46,000
Parks & Recreation: $42,000
General Public Buildings: $29,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $17,000
General - Other: $10,000
Health Services - Other: $8,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $49,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $140,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $228,000
All Other: $11,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $2,280,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,336,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $2,252,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,954,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $314,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $68,000
Water Utilities: $29,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $53,000
Rents: $27,000
Interest Earnings: $10,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $22,000
Regular Highways: $13,000
Police Protection: $12,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,192,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $240,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $91,000
Highways: $88,000
All Other: $37,000
- Tax - Property: $439,000
NEC: $27,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $502,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $137,000
11.29% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,500 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.29% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.56% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,437 average AGI)| Craven County: | 0.56% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
10.66% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,713 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 10.66% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.42% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,459 average AGI)| Craven County: | 0.42% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in River Bend:
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WNOS (1450 AM; 1 kW; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WWNB (1490 AM; 1 kW; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WSTK (910 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJCV (1290 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: DOWN EAST BROADCASTING CO INC.)
- WDLX (930 AM; 5 kW; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WRNS (960 AM; 5 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WANG (1330 AM; daytime; 1 kW; HAVELOCK, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in River Bend:
- WTEB (89.3 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WIKS (101.9 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WIKS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WXNR (99.5 FM; GRIFTON, NC; Owner: WXNR LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSFL-FM (106.5 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WSFL LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WNBR (94.1 FM; ORIENTAL, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMGV (103.3 FM; NEWPORT, NC; Owner: WMGV LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRNS-FM (95.1 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WAAE (91.9 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WRUP (97.9 FM; BAYBORO, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WQZL (101.1 FM; BELHAVEN, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WOTJ (90.7 FM; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
- WRHT (96.3 FM; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WCZI (98.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WLGP (100.3 FM; HARKERS ISLAND, NC; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
TV broadcast stations around River Bend:
- WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
- WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WUNK-TV (Channel 25; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WYDO (Channel 14; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF EASTERN CAROLINA LICENSE LLC)
- WPXU-TV (Channel 35; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON JACKSONVILLE LICENSE, INC.)
- WEPX (Channel 38; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON GREENVILLE LICENSE, INC.)
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