For population 25 years and over in Spiveys Corner:
High school or higher: 79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
Unemployed: 6.9%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Spiveys Corner CDP:
Never married: 17.1%
Now married: 70.5%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 2.3%
Divorced: 10.1%
0 residents are foreign born
This place:
0.0%
North Carolina:
5.3%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $390 (0.8%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $500 (0.7%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Fayetteville, NC (26.2 miles , pop. 121,015).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (43.6 miles , pop. 276,093).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (378.8 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Spiveys Corner-area historical tornado activity is above North Carolina state average. It is 68% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 3/28/1984, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 17.0 miles away from the Spiveys Corner place center killed 3 peopleand injured 149 peopleand causedbetween $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
On 4/8/1957, a category F4 tornado 17.4 miles away from the place center killed 4 peopleand injured 70 people.
Earthquake activity:
Spiveys Corner-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below North Carolina state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/6/1994 at 19:54:09, a magnitude 3.8 (3.6 LG, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 98.6 miles away from the city center On 9/25/2006 at 05:44:25, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 84.9 miles away from Spiveys Corner center On 9/22/2006 at 11:22:00, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 76.8 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 Sampson County (10) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 7 Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 8, Tornadoes: 2, Storms: 2, Flood: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Spiveys Corner:
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 15 miles away; DUNN, NC)
SAMPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 17 miles away; CLINTON, NC)
FAYETTEVILLE NC VA MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care - Veterans Administration, Government Federal, about 20 miles away; FAYETTEVILLE, NC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Spiveys Corner:
Campbell University Inc (about 21 miles; Buies Creek, NC; Full-time enrollment: 4,229)
Johnston Community College (about 23 miles; Smithfield, NC; FT enrollment: 2,166)
Mount Olive College (about 24 miles; Mount Olive, NC; FT enrollment: 2,812)
Fayetteville State University (about 25 miles; Fayetteville, NC; FT enrollment: 4,481)
Fayetteville Technical Community College (about 27 miles; Fayetteville, NC; FT enrollment: 3,496)
Wayne Community College (about 34 miles; Goldsboro, NC; FT enrollment: 2,008)
Wake Technical Community College (about 34 miles; Raleigh, NC; FT enrollment: 4,554)
Sampson 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: 21.1%
(1.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 15.8% for Black residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.8 people
North Carolina:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
73.0%
Whole state:
67.7%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
5.4%
Whole state:
4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Spiveys Corner (based on Sampson County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 46.43%
Here
46.4%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
Catholic Church
United Methodist Church
Original Free Will Baptists
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Adherents
49.0%
15.8%
13.6%
5.6%
5.1%
Congregations
39.3%
2.6%
19.7%
6.0%
8.5%
Name
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Church of God of Prophecy
Other
Adherents
2.6%
2.6%
2.2%
1.1%
2.3%
Congregations
6.0%
4.3%
1.7%
5.1%
6.8%
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: 14
Sampson County:
2.21 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.05 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Sampson County:
0.16 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2
This county:
0.32 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
0.92 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 42
Sampson County:
6.63 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
4.75 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 31
Here:
4.89 / 10,000 pop.
North Carolina:
7.57 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:
10.7%
North Carolina:
9.8%
Adult obesity rate:
Sampson County:
31.6%
State:
28.3%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Sampson County:
24.0%
State:
15.6%
5.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,915 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
5.28%
North Carolina average:
8.53%
0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($216 average AGI)
Sampson County:
0.06%
North Carolina average:
0.17%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
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FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses:
1
Call Sign: WA4LZD, Licensee ID: L00879804 Grant Date: 06/17/2004, Expiration Date: 08/19/2014, Certifier: Ermon H Godwin Jr Registrant: Ermon H Godwin Jr, 8101 Newton Grove Hwy, Spiveys Corner, NC 28334-7671
