Sharpsburg, North Carolina

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Population in July 2008: 2,405. Population change since 2000: -0.7%

Males: 1,120	(46.6%)
Females: 1,285	(53.4%)

Median resident age:	27.8 years
North Carolina median age:	35.3 years

Zip codes: 27878.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $34,428 (it was $27,908 in 2000)

Sharpsburg:	$34,428
North Carolina:	$44,670

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $15,512

Sharpsburg:	$15,512
North Carolina:	$24,307

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $62,444 (it was $46,000 in 2000)

Sharpsburg:	$62,444
North Carolina:	$145,700

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Races in Sharpsburg:

Black (58.7%)
White Non-Hispanic (38.4%)
Hispanic (1.9%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
Other race (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Sharpsburg: 76.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (10.1%), Irish (4.6%), English (4.6%), German (2.9%), Italian (1.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 145 feet

Land area: 0.91 square miles.

Population density: 2629 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Sharpsburg

High school or higher: 69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
Unemployed: 9.0%
Mean travel time to work: 21.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sharpsburg town

Never married: 35.6%
Now married: 43.3%
Separated: 5.6%
Widowed: 4.6%
Divorced: 11.0%

21 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.9%
North Carolina:	5.3%

According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Sharpsburg, North Carolina in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Sharpsburg to the number of sex offenders is 1203 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this town is smaller than the state average.

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

Sharpsburg:	1.2% ($563)
North Carolina:	0.9% ($826)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Rocky Mount, NC (6.2 miles , pop. 55,893).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (45.7 miles , pop. 276,093).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (321.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Elm City, NC (2.1 miles ), Rocky Mount, NC (2.5 miles ), Dortches, NC (3.2 miles ), Nashville, NC (3.2 miles ), Wilson, NC (3.3 miles ), Macclesfield, NC (3.5 miles ), Pinetops, NC (3.5 miles ), Red Oak, NC (3.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1997: 2 buildings, average cost: $54,000
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 2 buildings, average cost: $63,000
2000: 6 buildings, average cost: $74,200
2001: 5 buildings, average cost: $63,600
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 25 buildings, average cost: $33,700
2004: 19 buildings, average cost: $27,000
2005: 1 building, cost: $70,000
2006: 1 building, cost: $65,000
2007: 0 buildings
2008: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 35.87 N, Longitude: 77.83 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 252

Sharpsburg household income distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +723 (+42.6%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (14%)
Plastics and rubber products (6%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (13%)
Accommodation and food services (11%)
Apparel (8%)
Educational services (6%)
Textile mills and textile products (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Cashiers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (3%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)

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Crime in Sharpsburg by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	1	0	3	0	1	0
per 100,000	40.6	0.0	121.3	0.0	40.1	0.0
Robberies	2	3	3	3	3	2
per 100,000	81.2	119.9	121.3	121.5	120.4	79.7
Assaults	6	2	6	4	11	7
per 100,000	243.7	79.9	242.6	161.9	441.6	279.0
Burglaries	79	41	50	31	72	12
per 100,000	3208.8	1638.7	2021.8	1255.1	2890.4	478.3
Thefts	73	45	49	56	44	15
per 100,000	2965.1	1798.6	1981.4	2267.2	1766.4	597.8
Auto thefts	8	11	10	8	2	2
per 100,000	324.9	439.6	404.4	323.9	80.3	79.7
Arson	0	0	0	0	0	2
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	79.7
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	474.8	273.8	435.1	273.3	436.0	143.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (6 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.49
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Sharpsburg, North Carolina

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Sharpsburg-area historical tornado activity is slightly above North Carolina state average. It is 43% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/8/1957, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 12.4 miles away from the Sharpsburg town center injured 5 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 3/28/1984, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 37.2 miles away from the town center killed 16 people and injured 153 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Sharpsburg-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below North Carolina state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/6/1994 at 19:54:09, a magnitude 3.8 (3.6 LG, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 82.2 miles away from Sharpsburg center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Sharpsburg:

LIFECARE HOSPITALS OF NC (about 9 miles; ROCKY MOUNT, NC)
NASH GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; ROCKY MOUNT, NC)
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; WILSON, NC)

Political contributions by individuals in Sharpsburg, NC

Amtrak stations near Sharpsburg:

6 miles: ROCKY MOUNT (101 HAMMOND ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, intercity bus service.
11 miles: WILSON (401 E. NASH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sharpsburg:

PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,072)
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 16,633)
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 45 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 2,299)
VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; HENDERSON, NC; FT enrollment: 2,076)
WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 4,754)
MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 49 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 2,173)

Private high school in Sharpsburg:

N E W CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 124; Location: PO BOX 129; Grades: PK - 12)

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Hotels: Bright Leaf Motel (Highway 301 South), Budget Inn (Highway 301 South).

Average household size:

This town:	2.7 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	73.5%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	6.8%
Whole state:	4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.6% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	22.5%
Whole state:	12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	7.7%
Whole state:	5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sharpsburg, NC

Sharpsburg compared to North Carolina state average:

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Median house value below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
House age below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Banks with branches in Sharpsburg (2009 data):

Southern Bank and Trust Company: Sharpsburg Branch at 3721 North Hathaway Blvd., branch established on 1958-11-24. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,217.0 mil, Deposits: $1,058.5 mil, headquarters in Mount Olive, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 56 total offices, Holding Company: Southern Bancshares (N.C.), Inc.

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2004 Presidential Election results in Nash County North Carolina:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (56%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%) Utility gas (17%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)

Religion statistics for Sharpsburg

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Catholic Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents	52.2%	17.8%	4.5%	4.3%	3.5%
Congregations	37.9%	14.5%	7.3%	0.8%	4.0%

Name	Episcopal Church	International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Assemblies of God	Original Free Will Baptists	Other religions
Adherents	2.8%	2.5%	2.5%	1.9%	8.0%
Congregations	1.6%	7.3%	2.4%	4.8%	19.4%

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.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	3	$8,960	$35,840	0	$0
Police Protection - Officers	6	$15,522	$31,044	1	$1,951
Streets and Highways	3	$4,731	$18,924	0	$0
Sewerage	1	$1,630	$19,560	0	$0
Water Supply	1	$1,895	$22,740	0	$0
Electric Power	2	$5,283	$31,698	0	$0
Totals for Government	16	$38,021	$28,516	1	$1,951

Sharpsburg government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $429,000
All Other: $24,000
Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $2,332,000
Electric Utilities: $1,318,000

Sewerage: $520,000

Police Protection: $380,000

Regular Highways: $340,000

Water Utilities: $223,000

Fire Protection: $40,000

General - Other: $8,000

Libraries: $4,000
Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $52,000
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $501,000
General Support: $26,000
General - Interest on Debt: $13,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $195,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Electric Utilities: $1,096,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $218,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $205,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Electric Utilities: $1,029,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Electric Utilities: $67,000
Other, NEC: $13,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $135,000
Interest Earnings: $76,000
Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $1,572,000
Electric Utilities: $17,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,269,000
Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,627,000
Water Utilities: $184,000
Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $1,460,000
Beginning: $1,460,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,011,000
Highways: $76,000

General Support: $39,000
Tax - Property: $254,000
NEC: $25,000

Motor Vehicle License: $3,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $657,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0

7.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,333 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.86%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($95 average AGI)
Nash County: 0.05%
North Carolina average: 0.17%

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

from Edgecombe County, NC	2.39% ($25,141 average AGI)
from Wilson County, NC	0.67% ($30,049)
from Wake County, NC	0.52% ($37,575)

7.39% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,519 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.39%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($178 average AGI)
Nash County: 0.03%
North Carolina average: 0.10%

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

to Edgecombe County, NC	1.97% ($22,009 average AGI)
to Wake County, NC	0.94% ($40,513)
to Wilson County, NC	0.79% ($21,318)

Strongest AM radio stations in Sharpsburg:

WEED (1390 AM; 5 kW; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
WRMT (1490 AM; 1 kW; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
WGTM (590 AM; 5 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: SPIRIT BROADCASTING, INC.)
WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WVOT (1420 AM; 1 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: KINGDOM EXPANSION CORPORATION)
WGHB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FARMVILLE, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA, INC.)
WLLY (1350 AM; 1 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: ESTUARDO VALDEMAR RODRIGUEZ AND LEONOR RODRIGUEZ, JT TENANTS)
WCPS (760 AM; daytime; 1 kW; TARBORO, NC; Owner: JOHNSON BROADCAST VENTURES, LTD)
WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
WYAL (1280 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SCOTLAND NECK, NC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sharpsburg:

WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WSAY-FM (98.5 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
WFXK (104.3 FM; TARBORO, NC; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
WRQM (90.9 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
WRSV (92.1 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
W201BY (88.1 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
W287AL (105.3 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
WRAL (101.5 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAL-FM, INC.)
WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WRNS-FM (95.1 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WYFL (92.5 FM; HENDERSON, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WCPE (89.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION CORPORATION)
WYMY (96.9 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
WZAX (99.7 FM; NASHVILLE, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD BROADCASTING, INC.)
WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WKTC (95.5 FM; PINETOPS, NC; Owner: WEQQ, INC.)
WGPM (94.3 FM; FARMVILLE, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Sharpsburg:

W66DK (Channel 66; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
WNCR-LP (Channel 20; WILSON, NC; Owner: ON THE MAP, INC.)
WHIG-LP (Channel 57; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: ACTION COMMUNITY TELEVISION, INC.)
WRPX (Channel 47; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PAXSON RALEIGH LICENSE, INC.)
WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
WUNK-TV (Channel 25; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
WUNP-TV (Channel 36; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)

Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)

Sharpsburg, North Carolina:

Fatal accident count: 9
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 12
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
Fatalities: 14
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 28
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1

North Carolina average:

Fatal accident count: 99
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 151
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 28
Fatalities: 106
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 264
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 15

See more detailed statistics of Sharpsburg fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1

CHRISTINE A VERRE, 4603 S. Hwy. 301, Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: Crown Castle Usa Inc., 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (724) 416-2516, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Sharpsburg)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2

Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-160 (Fixed wing multi engine, Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 150 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4000P , Serial Number: 23-1397, Year manufactured: 1958
Registrant (Individual): Christopher Michael Scarbel, Po Box 612, Sharpsburg, NC 27878
Aircraft: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 126 mph), Engine: Reciprocating
N-Number: 5217B , Serial Number: 1080, Year manufactured: 1956
Registrant (Individual): Christopher M Scarbel, Po Box 612, Sharpsburg, NC 27878

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 2

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