Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  3.1% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 2.3% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Southern Shores, NC
Southern Shores compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income above state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of rooms per house above state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.
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Banks with branches in Southern Shores (2009 data):
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Southern Shores Branch at 5425 North Croatan Highway, branch established on 1989-03-27. Info updated 2008-06-19: Bank assets: $635,476.0 mil, Deposits: $424,599.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, negative income in the last year, 3343 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- The Bank of Currituck: Southern Shores Office Branch at 5531 N. Croatan Hwy., branch established on 2005-08-15. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $188.6 mil, Deposits: $151.4 mil, headquarters in Moyock, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 6 total offices
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Dare County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (94%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Religion statistics for Southern Shores
| Name | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Assemblies of God | Episcopal Church |
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| Adherents | 40.1% | 18.0% | 15.3% | 10.1% | 5.3% |
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| Congregations | 31.1% | 8.9% | 13.3% | 17.8% | 2.2% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Lutheran Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 4.5% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.9% |
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| Congregations | 4.4% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 4.4% | 13.3% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $5,952 | $71,424 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
8 | $31,623 | $47,435 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
12 | $40,511 | $40,511 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $3,017 | $36,204 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
22 | $81,103 | $44,238 | 0 | $0 |
Southern Shores government finances in 2006:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $26,000
Parking Facilities: $8,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $7,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $242,000
- Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $1,022,000
Police Protection: $759,000
Local Fire Protection: $522,000
Solid Waste Management: $482,000
General Public Buildings: $267,000
General - Other: $158,000
Health - Other: $121,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $8,000
Natural Resources - Other: $5,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $529,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $329,000
Interest Earnings: $135,000
General Revenue, NEC: $63,000
Rents: $2,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $87,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $3,201,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $152,000
Highways: $123,000
All Other: $5,000
- Tax - Property: $1,452,000
Other Selective Sales: $516,000
Other License: $208,000
NEC: $14,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,108,000
9.83% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,490 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.83% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.23% of residents moved from foreign countries ($206 average AGI)| Dare County: | 0.23% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.41% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,670 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.41% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Southern Shores:
- WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WGH (1310 AM; 20 kW; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE BAY BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WRJR (670 AM; 20 kW; CLAREMONT, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE-PORTSMOUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WPMH (1010 AM; 10 kW; PORTSMOUTH, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WHKT (1650 AM; 10 kW; PORTSMOUTH, VA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WOBX (1530 AM; daytime; 1 kW; WANCHESE, NC; Owner: EAST CAROLINA RADIO, INC.)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WGAI (560 AM; 1 kW; ELIZABETH CITY, NC; Owner: MAX RADIO OF THE CAROLINAS LICENSES LLC)
- WFOG (1050 AM; 5 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE BAY BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WWGB (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; INDIAN HEAD, MD; Owner: GOOD BODY MEDIA, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Southern Shores:
- WCXL (104.1 FM; KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC; Owner: MAX RADIO OF THE CAROLINAS LICENSES LLC)
- WFMI (100.9 FM; SOUTHERN SHORES, NC; Owner: COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.)
- WZPR (92.3 FM; NAGS HEAD, NC; Owner: CONVERGENT BROADCASTING OUTER BANKS LLC)
- WVOD (99.1 FM; MANTEO, NC; Owner: CONVERGENT BROADCASTING LICENSEE, LLC)
- WKOC (93.7 FM; CHESAPEAKE, VA; Owner: COMMONWEALTH RADIO, L.L.C.)
- WRSF (105.7 FM; COLUMBIA, NC; Owner: EAST CAROLINA RADIO, INC.)
- WOBR-FM (95.3 FM; WANCHESE, NC; Owner: EAST CAROLINA RADIO, INC.)
- WOBX-FM (98.1 FM; MANTEO, NC; Owner: EAST CAROLINA RADIO, INC.)
- W219BO (91.7 FM; MANTEO, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WURI (90.9 FM; MANTEO, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
TV broadcast stations around Southern Shores:
- WSKY-TV (Channel 4; MANTEO, NC; Owner: SKY TELEVISION, L.L.C.)
- WUND-TV (Channel 2; COLUMBIA, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Southern Shores, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 1
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 1
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 99
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 151
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 28
- Fatalities: 106
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 264
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 15
Southern Shores fatal accident list:
Jan 2, 2006 01:30 AM, Sr-12, First Ave, Lat: 35.559622, Lon: -75.463964, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 5 meters (16ft)
Total costs: $368,000
Total average daily traffic: 950
Total average daily truck traffic: 66
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 1,900
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3- Southern Shores Fire Dept, Call Sign: WGQ826, Licensee ID: L00442895
Assigned Frequencies : 154.160 MHz, 154.130 MHz
Grant Date: 01/04/2002, Expiration Date: 01/20/2012
Registrant: County Of Dare, Manteo, NC 27954, Phone: (919) 473-3481 - Southern Shores Fire Dept, Call Sign: KNCH558, Licensee ID: L00442895
Assigned Frequencies : 155.775 MHz, 155.925 MHz
Grant Date: 01/04/2002, Expiration Date: 01/20/2012
Registrant: County Of Dare, Manteo, NC 27954, Phone: (919) 473-3481 - 524 Ft W Of Int S Dogwood Trail & Widgeon Ct, Type: Tank, Structure height: 51.8 m, Call Sign: KXF682
Assigned Frequencies : 453.300 MHz
Grant Date: 10/29/2003, Expiration Date: 10/17/2013
Registrant: Lao 20613508, 102 E Middle St, Gettysburg, PA 17325-1938, Phone: (800) 886-4222, Fax: (717) 337-9157, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 7- Call Sign: KE4EAK, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 08/03/1993, Expiration Date: 08/03/2003, Cancelation Date: 08/04/2005
Registrant: William A Ruth, 163 Bayberry Trl, Southern Shores, NC 27949 - Call Sign: N3ARO, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00250115
Grant Date: 04/20/2004, Expiration Date: 07/08/2014
Registrant: Ellwood R Hood, 34 Fairway Drive, Southern Shores, NC 27949 - Call Sign: W2EHD, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01241036
Grant Date: 01/31/2007, Expiration Date: 02/19/2017, Certifier: John B Meagher
Registrant: John B Meagher, 30 N Dune Loop, Southern Shores, NC 27949-9016 - Call Sign: WA2KMV, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01241034
Grant Date: 01/31/2007, Expiration Date: 02/20/2017, Certifier: Sally C Meagher
Registrant: Sally C Meagher, 30 N Dune Loop, Southern Shores, NC 27949-9016 - Call Sign: KG4PML, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00405323
Grant Date: 10/01/2001, Expiration Date: 10/01/2011, Certifier: Edward S Humphrey Jr
Registrant: Edward S Humphrey Jr, 181 Clamshell Trail, Southern Shores, NC 27949 - Call Sign: KG4VRJ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00586289
Grant Date: 10/25/2002, Expiration Date: 10/25/2012, Certifier: James H Denny
Registrant: James H Denny, 85 Poteskeet Trail, Southern Shores, NC 27949 - Call Sign: KI4DTY, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00803659
Grant Date: 01/26/2004, Expiration Date: 01/26/2014, Cancelation Date: 03/31/2004, Certifier: Paul E Sutherland Jr
Registrant: Paul E Sutherland Jr, 98 Poteskeet Trail, Southern Shores, NC 27949
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 4- Aircraft: CESSNA T310R (Fixed wing multi engine, Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 167 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 310JN , Serial Number: 310R0979, Year manufactured: 1977, Airworthiness Date: 03/02/1994
Registrant (Corporation): Tbmco Development LLC, 170 Sassafras Ln, Southern Shores, NC 27949 - Aircraft: CESSNA 120 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4105N , Serial Number: 13563, Year manufactured: 1947, Airworthiness Date: 06/20/1956
Registrant (Individual): Horace Whitfield, 42 Honeysuckle Ln, Southern Shores, NC 27949 - Aircraft: PARTENAVIA SPA P.68C (Fixed wing multi engine, Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 7, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: Reciprocating
N-Number: 70MR , Serial Number: 328, Airworthiness Date: 03/21/1984
Registrant (Corporation): Megilo Inc, 30 N Dune Loop, Southern Shores, NC 27949 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-180 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 7778W , Serial Number: 28-1784, Year manufactured: 1964, Airworthiness Date: 08/14/1964
Registrant (Corporation): Kmt Consultants Inc, 53 Spindrift Trl, Southern Shores, NC 27949
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 5
- Hazardous Condition: 24
Incident types - Southern Shores
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Southern Shores, NC
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