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Population (year 2000): 2,052. Estimated population in July 2006: 2,042 (-0.5% change)
 

Males: 978  (47.7%)
Females: 1,074  (52.3%)

Geneva County

Median resident age:  39.0 years
Alabama median age:  35.8 years

Zip codes: 36375.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $21,300 (it was $22,113 in 2000)
Slocomb  $21,300
Alabama:  $36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $52,400 (it was $52,500 in 2000)
Slocomb  $52,400
Alabama:  $97,500

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Races in Slocomb:

  • White Non-Hispanic (71.5%)
  • Black (24.6%)
  • Hispanic (2.8%)
  • Other race (1.2%)
  • American Indian (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)

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Ancestries: United States (21.9%), Irish (6.9%), German (3.7%), English (2.6%), Scotch-Irish (1.3%), Scottish (1.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 285 feet

Land area: 9.51 square miles.

Population density: 213 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Slocomb

  • High school or higher: 67.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
  • Unemployed: 6.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Slocomb city

  • Never married: 20.6%
  • Now married: 54.2%
  • Separated: 3.5%
  • Widowed: 11.0%
  • Divorced: 10.8%

21 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.0%
Alabama:  2.0%



According to our research there were 8 registered sex offenders living in Slocomb, Alabama in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Slocomb to the number of sex offenders is 253 to 1.

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

Slocomb:  0.4% ($199)
Alabama:  0.3% ($289)
Slocomb satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Dothan, AL (15.2 miles , pop. 57,737).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Montgomery, AL (98.6 miles , pop. 201,568).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (679.0 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Malvern, AL (5.5 miles ), Hartford, AL (6.9 miles ), Noma, FL (8.9 miles ), Esto, FL (9.5 miles ), Taylor, AL (9.6 miles ), Rehobeth, AL (11.0 miles ), Graceville, FL (11.7 miles ), Clayhatchee, AL (12.1 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 5 buildings, average cost: $40,800
  • 1998: 8 buildings, average cost: $37,500
  • 1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $40,000
  • 2000: 3 buildings, average cost: $40,000
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 4 buildings, average cost: $109,000
  • 2003: 6 buildings, average cost: $32,100
  • 2004: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $125,000
  • 2006: 2 buildings, average cost: $125,000
  • 2007: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 31.11 N, Longitude: 85.59 W


Area code: 334

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Population change in the 1990s: +140 (+7.3%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (18%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (22%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Personal and laundry services (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Painters and paperhangers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Construction laborers (4%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)


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Crime in Slocomb by Year

Type 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 00100
    per 100,000 0.00.049.60.00.0
Robberies 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Assaults 01112
    per 100,000 0.050.049.649.297.5
Burglaries 2041210
    per 100,000 97.10.0198.5590.6487.6
Thefts 81172111
    per 100,000 388.350.0843.71033.5536.3
Auto thefts 32214
    per 100,000 145.6100.199.349.2195.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 198.7) 34.020.0105.296.590.7

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 8 (6 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.96
US city average:  3.00

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Slocomb-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Alabama state average. It is 78% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/29/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.0 miles away from the Slocomb city center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 12/29/1973, a category 3 tornado 23.7 miles away from the city center injured 2 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Slocomb:
  • FLOWERS HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; DOTHAN, AL)
  • CAMPBELLTON-GRACEVILLE HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; GRACEVILLE, FL)
  • WIREGRASS MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; GENEVA, AL)

Political contributions by individuals in Slocomb, AL

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Slocomb:
  • DOTHAN RGNL (about 19 miles; DOTHAN, AL; ID: DHN)
  • PANAMA CITY-BAY CO INTL (about 63 miles; PANAMA CITY, FL; ID: PFN)
  • HURLBURT FIELD (about 90 miles; MARY ESTHER, FL; ID: HRT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Slocomb:
  • TRI-COUNTY (about 19 miles; BONIFAY, FL; ID: 1J0)
  • GENEVA MUNI (about 20 miles; GENEVA, AL; ID: 33J)
  • LOWE AHP (FORT RUCKER) (about 20 miles; FORT RUCKER OZARK, AL; ID: LOR)

Operable nuclear power plants near Slocomb:
  • 16 miles: Joseph M. Farley 1 and 2 in Dothan, AL.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Slocomb:
  • GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DOTHAN (about 20 miles; DOTHAN, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,703)
  • TROY STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 55 miles; TROY, AL; FT enrollment: 9,143)
  • GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles; PANAMA CITY, FL; FT enrollment: 3,140)
  • OKALOOSA-WALTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles; NICEVILLE, FL; FT enrollment: 3,374)
  • AUBURN UNIVERSITY-MONTGOMERY (about 89 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 3,677)
  • TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (about 91 miles; TUSKEGEE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,732)
  • ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 98 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 4,359)
Public high school in Slocomb:
  • SLOCOMB HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 310; Location: 591 SOUTH COUNTY ROAD 9; Grades: 09-12; Our rating: 50)
Public elementary/middle schools in Slocomb:
Library in Slocomb:
  • SLOCOMB PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $16,443; Location: 107 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET; 9,860 books; 12 audio materials; 21 video materials; 5 serial subscriptions)

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Churches in Slocomb include: Countyline Missionary Baptist Church (A), Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Slocomb and their reported violations in the past:

SLOCOMB WATER WORKS AND SEWER BOARD (Population served: 3618, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Notification, Public - Between JAN-1997 and MAR-1997, Contaminant: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-28-1997), St Public Notif received (SEP-10-1997)
  • 23 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Alabama:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  69.0%
Whole state:  70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.5%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  23.8%
Whole state:  16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  7.7%
Whole state:  7.3%

Slocomb compared to Alabama state average:

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  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age above 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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Banks with branches in Slocomb (2007 data):
  • The Slocomb National Bank: at 220 E. Lawrence Harris Hwy, branch established on 1905-10-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $51.8 mil, Deposits: $43.2 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Snb Holdings, Inc.



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Health 3$4,318$17,2720$0
Other Government Administration 7$10,085$17,2890$0
Police Protection - Officers 5$8,517$20,4413$1,524
Police - Other 4$5,669$17,0072$1,063
Streets and Highways 2$3,083$18,4980$0
Local Libraries 0$0 1$531
Water Supply 3$4,168$16,6720$0
Totals for Government 24$35,839$17,9206$3,118



8.13% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,594 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.13%
Alabama average:  6.81%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Houston County, AL  1.95% ($29,738 average AGI)
from Coffee County, AL  0.85% ($22,634)
from Dale County, AL  0.73% ($26,672)


7.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,183 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.18%
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 Houston County, AL  2.23% ($29,146 average AGI)
to Coffee County, AL  0.91% ($30,474)
to Dale County, AL  0.73% ($20,738)


Strongest AM radio stations in Slocomb:
  • WOOF (560 AM; 5 kW; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: WOOF, INC.)
  • WQLS (1200 AM; 10 kW; OZARK, AL; Owner: STYLES BROADCASTING OF DOTHAN, INC.)
  • WTKN (1560 AM; daytime; 5 kW; DALEVILLE, AL; Owner: JOSEPH A. ADAMS, SR.)
  • WAGF (1320 AM; 3 kW; DOTHAN, AL)
  • WZEP (1460 AM; 10 kW; DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL; Owner: WALTON COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
  • WWNT (1450 AM; 1 kW; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WASG (550 AM; 25 kW; ATMORE, AL; Owner: 550 AM, INC)
  • WGEA (1150 AM; 1 kW; GENEVA, AL; Owner: SHELLEY BROADCASTING CO, INC., D.I.P)
  • WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WGTX (1280 AM; 5 kW; DE FUNIAK SPRINGS, FL)
  • WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WOZK (900 AM; 1 kW; OZARK, AL; Owner: OZARK B/CING. CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Slocomb:
  • WDJR (96.9 FM; ENTERPRISE, AL; Owner: GULF SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WRWA (88.7 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: TROY STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WOOF-FM (99.7 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: WOOF, INC.)
  • WDYF (90.3 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: FAITH BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTVY-FM (95.5 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: STYLES BROADCASTING OF DOTHAN, INC.)
  • WXUS (100.5 FM; FORT RUCKER, AL; Owner: SKYWAY BROADCASTING, LTD.)
  • WTOT-FM (101.7 FM; GRACEVILLE, FL; Owner: GRF, INC.)
  • WRJM-FM (93.7 FM; GENEVA, AL; Owner: STAGE DOOR DEVELOPMENT, INC.)
  • WAGF-FM (101.3 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: WILSON BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WKMX (106.7 FM; ENTERPRISE, AL; Owner: WKMX, INC.)
  • WVOB (91.3 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: BETHANY BIBLE COLLEGE & B.T.S. INC.)
  • WFSY (98.5 FM; PANAMA CITY, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WESP (102.5 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: GULF SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WYYX (97.7 FM; BONIFAY, FL; Owner: STYLES MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
  • WZTZ (101.1 FM; ELBA, AL; Owner: ELBA RADIO COMPANY)
  • WGTF (89.5 FM; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: DOTHAN COMMUNITY EDUCL. RADIO, INC.)
  • WJJN (92.1 FM; COLUMBIA, AL; Owner: WILSON BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WAQG (91.7 FM; OZARK, AL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • WJRL-FM (103.9 FM; OZARK, AL; Owner: STYLES BROADCASTING OF DOTHAN, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Slocomb:
  • WDFX-TV (Channel 34; OZARK, AL; Owner: WAITT LICENSE CO. OF ALABAMA, L.L.C.)
  • WTVY (Channel 4; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WJJN-LP (Channel 5; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: JAMES WILSON, III)
  • WDHN (Channel 18; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: MORRIS NETWORK OF ALABAMA, INC.)
  • W41BN (Channel 41; DOTHAN, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WBIF (Channel 51; MARIANNA, FL; Owner: MARIANNA BROADCASTING, INC.)

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