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Population (year 2000): 1,029
Males: 516  (50.1%)
Females: 513  (49.9%)

Montgomery County

Median resident age:  33.9 years
Virginia median age:  35.7 years

Zip codes: 24162.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $36,600 (it was $31,953 in 2000)
Shawsville  $36,600
Virginia:  $54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $113,000 (it was $88,100 in 2000)
Shawsville  $113,000
Virginia:  $212,300

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Races in Shawsville:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.0%)
  • American Indian (1.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.6%)
  • Black (1.1%)
  • Hispanic (0.8%)

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Recent posts about Shawsville, Virginia on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users. Shawsville is mentioned 13 times on our forum:
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Ancestries: United States (16.4%), English (10.3%), German (7.2%), Irish (4.7%), Scotch-Irish (3.5%), Scottish (2.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1460 feet

Land area: 2.32 square miles.

Population density: 444 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Shawsville

  • High school or higher: 61.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
  • Unemployed: 4.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 25.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Shawsville CDP

  • Never married: 19.1%
  • Now married: 55.5%
  • Separated: 6.0%
  • Widowed: 4.8%
  • Divorced: 14.7%

0 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.0%
Virginia:  8.1%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Shawsville, Virginia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Shawsville to the number of sex offenders is 515 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is near the state average.

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

Shawsville:  0.6% ($542)
Virginia:  0.9% ($1,143)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Roanoke, VA (21.4 miles , pop. 94,911).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Greensboro, NC (81.2 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (401.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Elliston-Lafayette, VA (4.0 miles ), Christiansburg, VA (11.2 miles ), Merrimac, VA (12.0 miles ), Blacksburg, VA (12.3 miles ), Salem, VA (15.4 miles ), Cave Spring, VA (17.2 miles ), Floyd, VA (18.7 miles ), Boones Mill, VA (20.6 miles ).

Latitude: 37.17 N, Longitude: 80.25 W


Area code: 540

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Most common industries for males:



  • Health care (14%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (9%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Truck transportation (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (25%)
  • Metal and metal products (8%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Furniture and related products (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Therapists (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)


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Shawsville-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 64% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/17/1953, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 17.2 miles away from the Shawsville place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 4/4/1974, a category 2 tornado 17.4 miles away from the place center caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Shawsville:
  • MONTGOMERY REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA)
  • CATAWBA HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; CATAWBA, VA)
  • COLUMBIA LEWIS-GALE MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; SALEM, VA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Shawsville:
  • ROANOKE REGIONAL/WOODRUM FIELD (about 22 miles; ROANOKE, VA; ID: ROA)
  • GREENBRIER VALLEY (about 48 miles; LEWISBURG, WV; ID: LWB)
  • SMITH REYNOLDS (about 72 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; ID: INT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Shawsville:
  • VIRGINIA TECH (about 11 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; ID: BCB)
  • NEW RIVER VALLEY (about 30 miles; DUBLIN, VA; ID: PSK)
  • SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE (about 47 miles; MONETA, VA; ID: W91)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Shawsville:
  • VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about 8 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 25,754)
  • NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE (about 15 miles; SALEM, VA; FT enrollment: 2,382)
  • VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; ROANOKE, VA; FT enrollment: 3,535)
  • RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT enrollment: 8,034)
  • NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles; DUBLIN, VA; FT enrollment: 2,262)
  • CONCORD COLLEGE (about 56 miles; ATHENS, WV; FT enrollment: 2,723)
  • BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 68 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
Public elementary/middle school in Shawsville:

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Average household size:
This place:  2.4 people
Virginia:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  69.4%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  9.5%
Whole state:  4.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  10.2%
Whole state:  9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  5.9%
Whole state:  4.3%

Shawsville compared to Virginia state average:

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  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly 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 Shawsville (2007 data):
  • First National Bank: Shawsville Branch at 250 Alleghany Spring Road, branch established on 1996-07-05. Info updated 2006-06-01: Bank assets: $1,512.0 mil, Deposits: $1,266.4 mil, headquarters in Christiansburg, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 27 total offices, Holding Company: Fnb Corporation
  • Branch Banking and Trust Company: Shawsville Branch at 6936 Roanoke Road, branch established on 1964-10-17. Info updated 2007-01-23: Bank assets: $117,134.1 mil, Deposits: $83,585.1 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1480 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation



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11.54% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,204 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  11.54%
Virginia average:  11.06%

1.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($683 average AGI)
Montgomery County:  1.10%
Virginia average:  0.41%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Pulaski County, VA  0.71% ($27,654 average AGI)
from Radford city, VA  0.60% ($27,131)
from Roanoke County, VA  0.38% ($39,690)


11.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,606 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  11.58%
Virginia average:  10.78%

0.22% of residents moved to foreign countries ($200 average AGI)
Montgomery County:  0.22%
Virginia average:  0.22%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Pulaski County, VA  0.74% ($55,589 average AGI)
to Fairfax County, VA  0.56% ($27,753)
to Radford city, VA  0.49% ($23,385)


Strongest AM radio stations in Shawsville:
  • WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WVBE (610 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WTOY (1480 AM; 5 kW; SALEM, VA; Owner: WARD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFIR (960 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WKBA (1550 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VINTON, VA; Owner: TINKER CREEK BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WRIS (1410 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WRIS INC.)
  • WPIN (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: DUBLIN RADIO)
  • WWVT (1260 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WRAD (1460 AM; 5 kW; RADFORD, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)

Strongest FM radio stations in Shawsville:
  • WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
  • KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFNR-FM (100.7 FM; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • W279AC (103.7 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WJJS-FM (106.1 FM; VINTON, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • W244AV (96.7 FM; BLACKSBURG, ETC., VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • W273AA (102.5 FM; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WMGR-FM (104.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WYYD-FM1 (107.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WYYD LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBRW (105.3 FM; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WPAR (91.3 FM; SALEM, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WPIN-FM (91.5 FM; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WZZI (101.5 FM; VINTON, VA; Owner: TRAVIS MEDIA, L.L.C.)
  • WPSK-FM (107.1 FM; PULASKI, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WXCF-FM (103.9 FM; CLIFTON FORGE, VA; Owner: IMPACT BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WRXT (90.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Shawsville:
  • WRKV-LP (Channel 65; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WBRA-TV (Channel 15; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WPXR (Channel 38; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WSLS-TV (Channel 10; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WDBJ (Channel 7; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WDBJ TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WFXR-TV (Channel 27; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: GRANT BROADCASTING SYSTEMS II, INC.)
  • W54BT (Channel 54; ROANOKE, ETC., VA; Owner: BIP, INC.)
  • WSET-TV (Channel 13; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: WSET INCORPORATED)
  • WJPR (Channel 21; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: GRANT BROADCASTING SYSTEMS II, INC.)
  • W34CU (Channel 34; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W49AP (Channel 49; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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