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Henry County

Population in July 2007: 660.
Males: 301  (45.7%)
Females: 359  (54.3%)

Median resident age:  34.1 years
Virginia median age:  35.7 years

Zip codes: 24161.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $26,234 (it was $20,089 in 2000)
Sandy Level:  $26,234
Virginia:  $59,562

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $17,006
Sandy Level:  $17,006
Virginia:  $31,177

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $91,550 (it was $44,600 in 2000)
Sandy Level:  $91,550
Virginia:  $262,100

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $92,899; Detached houses: $123,768; Mobile homes: $20,603

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Races in Sandy Level:

  • Black (73.3%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (25.3%)
  • American Indian (1.0%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Sandy Level: 80.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (8.6%), Irish (4.8%), English (1.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 6.74 square miles.

Population density: 98 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Sandy Level

  • High school or higher: 45.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 1.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
  • Unemployed: 6.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sandy Level CDP

  • Never married: 30.4%
  • Now married: 45.2%
  • Separated: 2.6%
  • Widowed: 15.4%
  • Divorced: 6.4%

16 residents are foreign born (2.3% Latin America).

This place:  2.3%
Virginia:  8.1%


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:

Sandy Level:  0.7% ($297)
Virginia:  1.0% ($1,143)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greensboro, NC (33.6 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (344.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Eden, NC (1.9 miles ), Ridgeway, VA (2.7 miles ), Chatmoss, VA (3.1 miles ), Laurel Park, VA (3.1 miles ), Wentworth, NC (3.3 miles ), Martinsville, VA (3.4 miles ), Stoneville, NC (3.4 miles ), Horse Pasture, VA (3.6 miles ).

Latitude: 36.56 N, Longitude: 79.73 W

Area code: 434

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Textile mills and textile products (28%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (19%)
  • Personal and laundry services (9%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Utilities (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Apparel (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (23%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (16%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (10%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Construction (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (36%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
  • Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (5%)
  • Art and design workers (5%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (19%)
  • Other healthcare support occupations (9%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Personal appearance workers (6%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)



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Average climate in Sandy Level, Virginia

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Sandy Level-area historical tornado activity is near Virginia state average. It is 22% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/20/1998, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.6 miles away from the Sandy Level place center killed 2 people and injured 27 people and caused $34 million in damages.

On 5/5/1989, a category 3 tornado 31.4 miles away from the place center injured 30 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


Sandy Level-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 96% 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 94.2 miles away from Sandy 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 96.6 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 99.2 miles away from the city center
On 6/5/1998 at 02:31:01, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 96.6 miles away from Sandy Level center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Sandy Level:
  • MOREHEAD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; EDEN, NC)
  • MEMORIAL HOSP MARTINSVILLE (about 12 miles; MARTINSVILLE, VA)
  • ANNIE PENN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; REIDSVILLE, NC)

Political contributions by individuals in Sandy Level, VA

Amtrak station near Sandy Level:
  • 20 miles: DANVILLE (677 CRAGHEAD ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sandy Level:
  • ELON COLLEGE (about 32 miles; ELON, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,993)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO (about 32 miles; GREENSBORO, NC; FT enrollment: 10,868)
  • NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV (about 38 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 6,970)
  • GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; JAMESTOWN, NC; FT enrollment: 4,810)
  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
  • HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; HIGH POINT, NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
  • WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)

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Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Virginia:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  73.0%
Whole state:  68.5%

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

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  21.4%
Whole state:  9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  1.0%
Whole state:  4.3%

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



Sandy Level compared to Virginia state average:
  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Sandy Level travel time to work
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2004 Presidential Election results in Henry County Virginia:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (56%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
  • Wood (8%)


Religion statistics for Sandy Level

Adherents


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 religions
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.


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 Sandy Level:
  • WCLW (1130 AM; daytime; 1 kW; EDEN, NC; Owner: DR JERRY L CARTER D/BA/ REIDSVILE BAPTIST CHURCH)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLOE (1490 AM; 1 kW; EDEN, NC; Owner: MAYO BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WHEE (1370 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: PATRICK HENRY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WDVA (1250 AM; 5 kW; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: MITCHELL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WODY (1160 AM; 5 kW; FIELDALE, VA; Owner: BASE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WBTM (1330 AM; 5 kW; DANVILLE, VA)
  • WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WSML (1200 AM; 10 kW; GRAHAM, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WWBG (1470 AM; 10 kW; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING COPORATION)
  • WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
  • WREV (1220 AM; daytime; 1 kW; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: HHGD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sandy Level:
  • WGBT (94.5 FM; EDEN, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WJMH (102.1 FM; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WMQX-FM (93.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WPIM (90.5 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC)
  • WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WTQR (104.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, 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)
  • WAKG (103.3 FM; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: PIEDMONT BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W285DJ (104.9 FM; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC,)
  • KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WFDD (88.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY)
  • WZBB (99.9 FM; STANLEYTOWN, VA; Owner: WNLB RADIO, INC.)
  • WOZN (98.7 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WQMG-FM (97.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WKZL (107.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
  • WVBZ (100.3 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

TV broadcast stations around Sandy Level:
  • WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
  • WGPX (Channel 16; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: PAXSON GREENSBORO LICENSE, INC.)
  • WUPN-TV (Channel 48; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WUPN LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WXLV-TV (Channel 45; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WXLV LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WTWB-TV (Channel 20; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: WTWB OF THE TRIAD, LLC)
  • WXIV-LP (Channel 14; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA BLUE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WLXI-TV (Channel 61; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
  • WDRL-TV (Channel 24; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: DANVILLE TELEVISION PARTNERSHIP)
  • W66BI (Channel 66; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)


FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1
  • 11495 West Gretna Road, Type: Mast, Structure height: 59.4 m, Call Sign: KNKA693
    869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz, 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz... (+8 more)
    Grant Date: 02/05/2008, Expiration Date: 01/22/2018
    Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2
  • Call Sign: N4SIP, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01362358
    Grant Date: 01/25/2008, Expiration Date: 02/03/2018, Certifier: Paul V Rainville
    Registrant: Paul V Rainville, 7772 Grassland Dr, Sandy Level, VA 24161
  • Call Sign: KJ4KTQ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01478734
    Grant Date: 03/30/2009, Expiration Date: 03/30/2019, Certifier: Devin M Taylor
    Registrant: Devin M Taylor, 8540 Grassland Dr, Sandy Level, VA 24161


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 17
  • Hazardous Condition: 1

Incident types - Sandy Level


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