Average household size:
| This village: |  1.9 people | | North Carolina: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 51.2% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 4.1% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: | 21.0% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: | 8.9% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sugar Mountain, NC
Sugar Mountain compared to North Carolina state average:
- Unemployed percentage above 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 below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students above state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Avery County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
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Religion statistics for Sugar Mountain
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Presbyterian Church (USA) | United Methodist Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Catholic Church |
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| Adherents | 54.5% | 11.2% | 7.7% | 7.2% | 4.9% |
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| Congregations | 39.1% | 11.6% | 14.5% | 5.8% | 1.4% |
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| Name | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Independent Free Will Baptists Associations | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 4.8% |
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| Congregations | 2.9% | 2.9% | 5.8% | 1.4% | 14.5% |
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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 |
2 | $5,298 | $31,788 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
7 | $8,347 | $14,309 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $7,056 | $28,224 | 3 | $1,632 |
| Firefighters |
6 | $14,854 | $29,708 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
2 | $4,043 | $24,258 | 1 | $1,275 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $111 |
| Totals for Government |
20 | $39,598 | $23,759 | 5 | $3,018 |
Sugar Mountain government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Parks & Recreation: $356,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $62,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $314,000
Parks & Recreation: $235,000
Police Protection: $197,000
Central Staff Services: $185,000
General - Other: $9,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $47,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $41,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $590,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $175,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $341,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $74,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $17,000
General Revenue, NEC: $9,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $33,000
Regular Highways: $10,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $570,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $32,000
Highways: $29,000
All Other: $10,000
- Tax - Property: $683,000
NEC: $28,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $519,000
6.93% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,841 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.93% | | 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:
7.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,410 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.20% | | 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 Sugar Mountain:
- WXIT (1200 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLOWING ROCK, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WECR (1130 AM; daytime; 1 kW; NEWLAND, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WKSK (580 AM; 5 kW; W.JEFFERSON, NC; Owner: CADDELL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WKGX (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WTOE (1470 AM; 5 kW; SPRUCE PINE, NC; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY MEDIA, INC.)
- WCIS (760 AM; daytime; 4 kW; MORGANTON, NC; Owner: W.F.M. INCORPORATED)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPWT (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Sugar Mountain:
- WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
- WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
- W285DG (104.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W225AA (92.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
- WETS-FM (89.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WXBQ-FM (96.9 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WCQR-FM (88.3 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WPJO (99.3 FM; ELIZABETHTON, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- W214AP (90.7 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- WQUT (101.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKVS (103.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
- W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
- W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- W267AN (101.3 FM; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC.)
- WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
TV broadcast stations around Sugar Mountain:
- WUNE-TV (Channel 17; LINVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WCYB-TV (Channel 5; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: APPALACHIAN BROADCASTING CORP.)
- W65DT (Channel 65; BOONE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W59AK (Channel 59; ZIONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WLNN-LP (Channel 24; BOONE, NC; Owner: SOUND MEDIA INC.)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1- Aircraft: PIPER PA-31T (Fixed wing multi engine, Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 8, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 162 mph), Engine: P&W PT6A SER (750 HP) (Turbo-prop)
N-Number: 187CP , Serial Number: 31T-7920054, Year manufactured: 1979, Airworthiness Date: 01/07/2000
Registrant (Corporation): Jochl Sports Inc, C/O Sugar Mountain Ski Resort / 1009 Sugar Mountain Dr, Sugar Mountain, NC 28604
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