Simcoe, Alabama

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Population (year 2000): 7,274

Males: 3,666	(50.4%)
Females: 3,608	(49.6%)

Cullman County

Median resident age:	34.8 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $38,900 (it was $33,733 in 2000)

Simcoe	$38,900
Alabama:	$36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $97,100 (it was $85,800 in 2000)

Simcoe	$97,100
Alabama:	$97,500

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Races in Simcoe:

White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
Hispanic (3.4%)
Other race (1.3%)
Two or more races (1.0%)

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 946 feet

Land area: 59.9 square miles.

Population density: 121 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Simcoe

High school or higher: 67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
Unemployed: 1.0%
Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Simcoe CCD

Never married: 17.6%
Now married: 70.6%
Separated: 1.2%
Widowed: 5.3%
Divorced: 6.5%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.3%
Alabama:	2.0%

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

Simcoe:	0.2% ($199)
Alabama:	0.3% ($289)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Decatur, AL (29.4 miles , pop. 53,929).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (49.6 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (529.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Fairview, AL (3.2 miles ), Eva, AL (6.2 miles ), Welti, AL (6.4 miles ), Cullman, AL (8.7 miles ), South Vinemont, AL (8.9 miles ), Holly Pond, AL (9.1 miles ), Baileyton, AL (9.2 miles ), Vinemont, AL (11.4 miles ).

Latitude: 34.24 N, Longitude: 86.73 W

Most common industries for males:

Food (10%)
Construction (9%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Machinery (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (16%)
Educational services (11%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
Apparel (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)

Simcoe-area historical tornado activity is above Alabama state average. It is 233% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 3.2 miles away from the Simcoe place center killed 3 people and injured 178 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 25.8 miles away from the place center killed 28 people and injured 272 people.

Hospitals/medical centers near Simcoe:

CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles; CULLMAN, AL)
WOODLAND MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles; CULLMAN, AL)
DECATUR GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; DECATUR, AL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Simcoe:

HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FIELD (about 28 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; ID: HSV)
BIRMINGHAM INTL (about 48 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; ID: BHM)
TALLADEGA MUNI (about 66 miles; TALLADEGA, AL; ID: ASN)

Other public-use airports nearest to Simcoe:

FOLSOM FIELD (about 9 miles; CULLMAN, AL; ID: 3A1)
ROUNTREE FIELD (about 17 miles; HARTSELLE, AL; ID: 5M0)
ADDISON MUNICIPAL (about 29 miles; ADDISON, AL; ID: 2A8)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Simcoe:

GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLL-HANCEVILLE (about 15 miles; HANCEVILLE, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,272)
JOHN C CALHOUN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; DECATUR, AL; FT enrollment: 4,547)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (about 35 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,795)
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; NORMAL, AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; SUMITON, AL; FT enrollment: 2,670)
JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 3,279)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (about 50 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 12,178)

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Notable locations in Simcoe: Oak Level (A), Camp Cullman (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Simcoe include: Welcome Baptist Church (A), Macedonia Church of Christ (B), Center Grove Missionary Baptist Church (C), Simcoe United Methodist Church (D), Simcoe Church (E), Simcoe Baptist Church (F), Concord Missionary Baptist Church (G), Crossroads Church (H), Duck Creek Primitive Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: East Point Cemetery (1), Canaan Cemetery (2), Simcoe Cemetery (3), Bethel Cemetery (4), Lawrence Chapel Cemetery (5), Center Grove Cemetery (6), Duck Creek Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Twin Fork Lake (A), Lidy S Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hunter Branch (A), Rock Creek (B), Minnow Creek (C), Polecat Branch (D), Flat Rock Branch (E), Buck Branch (F), Gay Branch (G), Dry Branch (H), Short Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.7 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	69.0%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.4%
Whole state:	3.4%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	11.2%
Whole state:	16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	4.3%
Whole state:	7.3%

Simcoe compared to Alabama state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Cullman County Alabama:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.08% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,794 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.08%
Alabama average:	6.81%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($241 average AGI)
Cullman County: 0.05%
Alabama average: 0.14%

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

from Jefferson County, AL	0.62% ($40,228 average AGI)
from Morgan County, AL	0.53% ($29,029)
from Blount County, AL	0.36% ($28,872)

4.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,600 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.80%
Alabama average:	6.16%

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 Morgan County, AL	0.67% ($27,850 average AGI)
to Jefferson County, AL	0.58% ($35,349)
to Marshall County, AL	0.37% ($21,737)

Strongest AM radio stations in Simcoe:

WMCJ (1460 AM; 5 kW; CULLMAN, AL)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WFMH (1340 AM; 1 kW; CULLMAN, AL; Owner: VOICE OF CULLMAN, L.L.C.)
WDJL (1000 AM; daytime; 10 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: JAMES K. SHARP DBA 5TH AVE BROADCASTING)
WVNN (770 AM; 10 kW; ATHENS, AL; Owner: ATHENS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
WXRP (1170 AM; daytime; 1 kW; HANCEVILLE, AL; Owner: MAPLEWOOD PROPERTIES, LLC)
WBXR (1140 AM; daytime; 15 kW; HAZEL GREEN, AL; Owner: LOW COUNTRY CORPORATION, INC.)
WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Simcoe:

WKUL (92.1 FM; CULLMAN, AL; Owner: JONATHAN CHRISTIAN CORP.)
WYDE-FM (101.1 FM; CULLMAN, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WRJL-FM (99.9 FM; EVA, AL; Owner: ROJO, INC.)
WRSA-FM (96.9 FM; DECATUR, AL; Owner: NCA, INC.)
WFMH-FM (95.5 FM; HOLLY POND, AL; Owner: VOICE OF CULLMAN, L.L.C.)
WTAK-FM (106.1 FM; HARTSELLE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WAHR (99.1 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
WRAX (107.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WAFN-FM (92.7 FM; ARAB, AL; Owner: FUN MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
W289AC (105.7 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WILLIAM PAXTON ROGERS)
W298AF (107.5 FM; HADEN, AL; Owner: HADEN RADIO COMPANY)
WXQW (94.1 FM; MERIDIANVILLE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
W293AH (106.5 FM; NORMAL, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLRH (89.3 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
WRTT-FM (95.1 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
WZYP (104.3 FM; ATHENS, AL; Owner: ATHENS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
W278AA (103.5 FM; MADISON, AL; Owner: TENNESSEE VALLEY RADIO, INC.)
W249BB (97.7 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
W275AA (102.9 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: ARCHIE C. BOBO, PERSONAL REP. OF DORSEY E. NEWMAN ESTATE)
W300AH (107.9 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: PORTER L. BATTS)

TV broadcast stations around Simcoe:

WCQT-LP (Channel 52; CULLMAN, AL; Owner: FIRST CULLMAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WZDX (Channel 54; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: HUNTSVILLE TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
WAAY-TV (Channel 31; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF HUNTSVILLE LICENSE LLC)
WHNT-TV (Channel 19; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
WPXH (Channel 44; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
WTJP (Channel 60; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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