For population 25 years and over in South Rosemary:
High school or higher: 62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
Unemployed: 6.2%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in South Rosemary CDP:
Never married: 28.5%
Now married: 45.8%
Separated: 6.7%
Widowed: 7.4%
Divorced: 11.6%
37 residents are foreign born
This place:
1.3%
North Carolina:
5.3%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $786 (1.0%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $463 (0.6%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Rocky Mount, NC (34.5 miles , pop. 55,893).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (68.3 miles , pop. 276,093).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (282.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
South Rosemary-area historical tornado activity is slightly above North Carolina state average. It is 39% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 11/28/1988, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.6 miles away from the South Rosemary place center killed 4 peopleand injured 154 peopleand causedbetween $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.
On 10/14/1986, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 23.4 miles away from the place center causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
South Rosemary-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below North Carolina state average. It is 97% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 79.7 miles away from the city center On 5/5/2003 at 16:32:32, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 92.8 miles away from South Rosemary center On 10/21/1998 at 05:56:47, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.3 LG, Depth: 8.3 mi) earthquake occurred 74.4 miles away from the city center On 3/15/1991 at 06:54:08, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 10.9 mi) earthquake occurred 90.7 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Halifax County (13) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9 Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 7, Storms: 3, Floods: 2, Tornadoes: 2, Blizzard: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near South Rosemary:
HALIFAX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 11 miles away; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC)
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 20 miles away; EMPORIA, VA)
"COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HEALTHCENTER, INC" (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 33 miles away; SOUTH HILL, VA)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to South Rosemary:
Virginia State University (about 57 miles; Petersburg, VA; Full-time enrollment: 4,635)
East Carolina University (about 61 miles; Greenville, NC; FT enrollment: 20,942)
Pitt Community College (about 65 miles; Winterville, NC; FT enrollment: 4,389)
John Tyler Community College (about 65 miles; Chester, VA; FT enrollment: 2,773)
Shaw University (about 71 miles; Raleigh, NC; FT enrollment: 2,283)
North Carolina State University at Raleigh (about 71 miles; Raleigh, NC; FT enrollment: 26,736)
Longwood University (about 71 miles; Farmville, VA; FT enrollment: 3,951)
Churches in South Rosemary include: Gum Chapel (A), Highway Church (B), London Church (C), New Hope Church (D), Saint Marks Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Halifax County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 21.8%
(21.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 21.4% for Black residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 28.6% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.4 people
North Carolina:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
63.8%
Whole state:
67.7%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
6.1%
Whole state:
4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for South Rosemary (based on Halifax County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 34.62%
Here
34.6%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
United Methodist Church
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Episcopal Church
Adherents
42.2%
27.2%
9.4%
4.8%
3.3%
Congregations
30.6%
23.5%
7.1%
7.1%
8.2%
Name
Catholic Church
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
American Baptist Churches in the USA
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Other
Adherents
2.7%
2.7%
2.6%
2.2%
2.9%
Congregations
2.4%
4.7%
2.4%
3.5%
10.6%
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: 25
This county:
4.55 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
2.05 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Halifax County:
0.18 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 7
This county:
1.27 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.92 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 41
Halifax County:
7.46 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
4.75 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 30
Halifax County:
5.46 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.57 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:
14.6%
State:
9.8%
Adult obesity rate:
This county:
34.1%
North Carolina:
28.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Halifax County:
14.3%
North Carolina:
15.6%
4.93% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,411 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
4.93%
North Carolina average:
8.53%
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:
