Nash County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 29.6. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2007 was 15.8. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 6.5 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 8.68. This is about average. Closest monitor was 6.4 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2004 was 2.00. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 16.3 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 32.3%
(8.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 44.2% for Black residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.5 people | | North Carolina: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 67.3% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
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
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sharpsburg, NC
Sharpsburg compared to North Carolina state average:
- 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 (2011 data):
- Southern Bank and Trust Company: Sharpsburg Branch at 3721 North Hathaway Blvd., branch established on 1958/11/24. Info updated 2011/09/26: Bank assets: $2,039.8 mil, Deposits: $1,658.5 mil, headquarters in Mount Olive, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 66 total offices, Holding Company: Southern Bancshares (N.C.), Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Nash County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Sharpsburg (based on Nash County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 45.19%
| Here |  | 45.2% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| 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% |
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| Name | Episcopal Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Assemblies of God | Original Free Will Baptists | Other |
| Adherents | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 8.0% |
| Congregations | 1.6% | 7.3% | 2.4% | 4.8% | 19.4% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 24 | This county: | 2.59 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Nash County: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 11 | Nash County: | 1.19 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 65 | This county: | 7.01 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 60 | Nash County: | 6.47 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Here: | 11.7% | | North Carolina: | 9.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Here: | 32.3% | | North Carolina: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Nash County: | 14.3% | | State: | 15.6% |
| 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 ($211.85)
All Other: $24,000 ($11.85)
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $2,332,000 ($1151.60)
Electric Utilities: $1,318,000 ($650.86)
Sewerage: $520,000 ($256.79)
Police Protection: $380,000 ($187.65)
Regular Highways: $340,000 ($167.90)
Water Utilities: $223,000 ($110.12)
Fire Protection: $40,000 ($19.75)
General - Other: $8,000 ($3.95)
Libraries: $4,000 ($1.98)
- Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $52,000 ($25.68)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $501,000 ($247.41)
General Support: $26,000 ($12.84)
- General - Interest on Debt: $13,000 ($6.42)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $195,000 ($96.30)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Electric Utilities: $1,096,000 ($541.23)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $218,000 ($107.65)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $205,000 ($101.23)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Electric Utilities: $1,029,000 ($508.15)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Electric Utilities: $67,000 ($33.09)
Other, NEC: $13,000 ($6.42)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $135,000 ($66.67)
Interest Earnings: $76,000 ($37.53)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $1,572,000 ($776.30)
Electric Utilities: $17,000 ($8.40)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,269,000 ($626.67)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,627,000 ($803.46)
Water Utilities: $184,000 ($90.86)
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $1,460,000 ($720.99)
Beginning: $1,460,000 ($720.99)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,011,000 ($993.09)
Highways: $76,000 ($37.53)
General Support: $39,000 ($19.26)
- Tax - Property: $254,000 ($125.43)
NEC: $25,000 ($12.35)
Motor Vehicle License: $3,000 ($1.48)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $657,000 ($324.44)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
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:
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:
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 road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Sharpsburg, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 10
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 13
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 16
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 31
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 102
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 157
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 29
- Fatalities: 110
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 273
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 16
See more detailed statistics of Sharpsburg fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4 - CHRISTINE A VERRE, 4603 S. Hwy. 301 (Lat: 35.851944 Lon: -77.837222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: Crown Communication Inc., 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (724) 416-2516, Email:
- CHRISTINE A VERRE, 4603 S. Hwy. 301 (Lat: 35.851944 Lon: -77.837222), 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:
- CHRISTINE A VERRE, 4603 S. Hwy. 301 (Lat: 35.851944 Lon: -77.837222), 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:
- 4603 S. Hwy. 301 (Lat: 35.851944 Lon: -77.837222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: Crown Communication Inc., 375 Southpointe Blvd., Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (724) 416-2247, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 8 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Sharpsburg)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 2 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-160 (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 (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:
| Most common first names in Sharpsburg, NC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| William | 24 | 65.4 years |
| James | 17 | 62.9 years |
| Robert | 11 | 65.5 years |
| Mary | 8 | 76.1 years |
| John | 7 | 72.1 years |
| Walter | 5 | 65.6 years |
| Charles | 5 | 58.4 years |
| George | 4 | 68.5 years |
| Charlie | 4 | 81.7 years |
| Lula | 4 | 77.5 years |
| Most common last names in Sharpsburg, NC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Davis | 14 | 71.7 years |
| Williams | 13 | 63.0 years |
| Vick | 12 | 63.6 years |
| Moore | 9 | 71.0 years |
| Joyner | 8 | 75.2 years |
| Taylor | 8 | 71.7 years |
| Parker | 8 | 65.3 years |
| Batchelor | 7 | 75.6 years |
| Lynch | 6 | 79.2 years |
| Smith | 6 | 73.1 years |
Businesses in Sharpsburg, NC
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