Alamance County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 31.7. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.53. This is about average. Closest monitor was 5.2 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2002 was 21.4. This is about average. Closest monitor was 5.2 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2008 was 1.62. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 21.6 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 1.5%
(1.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.5 people | | North Carolina: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 72.9% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.2% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Swepsonville, NC
Swepsonville compared to North Carolina state average:
- Unemployed percentage 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 significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Alamance County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Swepsonville (based on Alamance County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 42.30%
| Here |  | 42.3% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | United Church of Christ | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Catholic Church |
| Adherents | 30.5% | 25.5% | 11.8% | 7.5% | 5.5% |
| Congregations | 21.6% | 17.6% | 15.7% | 7.8% | 0.7% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | LDS (Mormon) Church | Church of the Nazarene | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other |
| Adherents | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 12.0% |
| Congregations | 3.3% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 5.2% | 24.8% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 23 | Here: | 1.59 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | This county: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 14 | Alamance County: | 0.97 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 76 | This county: | 5.25 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 116 | Alamance County: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Alamance County: | 9.9% | | State: | 9.8% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 16.3% | | North Carolina: | 15.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $5,806 | $34,836 | 1 | $842 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $5,806 | $34,836 | 1 | $842 |
Swepsonville government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $204,000 ($176.17)
Parks & Recreation: $8,000 ($6.91)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $145,000 ($125.22)
Water Utilities: $62,000 ($53.54)
Parks & Recreation: $26,000 ($22.45)
Central Staff Services: $16,000 ($13.82)
Financial Administration: $4,000 ($3.45)
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,000 ($2.59)
General Public Buildings: $2,000 ($1.73)
General - Other: $1,000 ($0.86)
- General - Interest on Debt: $12,000 ($10.36)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $113,000 ($97.58)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $200,000 ($172.71)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $189,000 ($163.21)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $11,000 ($9.50)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $13,000 ($11.23)
- Other Capital Outlay - General Public Building: $24,000 ($20.73)
Parks & Recreation: $8,000 ($6.91)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $756,000 ($652.85)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $87,000 ($75.13)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $40,000 ($34.54)
- Tax - NEC: $6,000 ($5.18)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $17,000 ($14.68)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
6.29% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,411 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.29% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($132 average AGI)| Alamance County: | 0.05% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,670 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.34% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($287 average AGI)| Alamance County: | 0.05% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Swepsonville:
- WSML (1200 AM; 10 kW; GRAHAM, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- WPCM (920 AM; 5 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WGSB (1060 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MEBANE, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRTP (1530 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
- WDNC (620 AM; 5 kW; DURHAM, NC)
- WBAG (1150 AM; 1 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC)
- WCHL (1360 AM; 5 kW; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: WCHL-WDNC, INC.)
- WRBZ (850 AM; 10 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: ALCHEMY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #1)
- WWBG (1470 AM; 10 kW; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING COPORATION)
- WTIK (1310 AM; 5 kW; DURHAM, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Swepsonville:
- WKXU (101.1 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WRSN (93.9 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WUNC (91.5 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
- WDCG (105.1 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WOZN (98.7 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WVBZ (100.3 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQMG-FM (97.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WKRR (92.3 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
- WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WJMH (102.1 FM; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WRAL (101.5 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAL-FM, INC.)
- WMQX-FM (93.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WXYC (89.3 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: STUDENT EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WXDU (88.7 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: DUKE UNIVERSITY)
- WFDD (88.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY)
- WGBT (94.5 FM; EDEN, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WNCU (90.7 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY)
- WKZL (107.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
- WBBB (96.1 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Swepsonville:
- WUNC-TV (Channel 4; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
- WUPN-TV (Channel 48; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WUPN LICENSEE, LLC)
- WXLV-TV (Channel 45; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WXLV LICENSEE, LLC)
- WTWB-TV (Channel 20; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: WTWB OF THE TRIAD, LLC)
- WLXI-TV (Channel 61; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
- WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
- WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WGPX (Channel 16; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: PAXSON GREENSBORO LICENSE, INC.)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WGHP (Channel 8; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: WGHP LICENSE, INC.)
- WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
- WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
- WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WACN-LP (Channel 34; APEX, NC; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- WIWW-LP (Channel 26; DURHAM, NC; Owner: MAKO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WDRL-TV (Channel 24; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: DANVILLE TELEVISION PARTNERSHIP)
- W24CP (Channel 24; DURHAM, NC; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 6 - Janis E Merritts, Alamance County Landfill (Lat: 36.013056 Lon: -79.348889), Type: Tower, Structure height: 148 m, Overall height: 154.5 m, Licensee ID: L00132131
Registrant: Pinnacle Towers LLC, 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (724) 416-2000, Email:
- Janis E Merritts, Alamance County Landfill (Lat: 36.013056 Lon: -79.348889), Type: Tower, Structure height: 148 m, Overall height: 154.5 m
Registrant: FL - Janis E Merritts, Alamance County Landfill (Lat: 36.013056 Lon: -79.348889), Type: Tower, Structure height: 148 m, Overall height: 154.5 m
Registrant: FL - Janis E Merritts, Alamance County Landfill (Lat: 36.013056 Lon: -79.348889), Type: Tower, Structure height: 148 m, Overall height: 154.5 m
Registrant: FL - Christine A Verre, Alamance County Landfill (Lat: 36.013056 Lon: -79.348889), Type: Tower, Structure height: 148 m, Overall height: 154.5 m
Registrant: Crown Castle Usa, 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (336) 643-2524, Email:
- Alamance County Landfill (Lat: 36.013056 Lon: -79.348889), Type: Tower, Structure height: 148 m, Overall height: 154.5 m
Registrant: Motorola Inc, 1270 Fairfield Rd Ste 5, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Phone: (717) 334-1114, Email:
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Alamance County Landfill (Lat: 36.013056 Lon: -79.348889), Type: Tower, Structure height: 148 m, Overall height: 154.5 m, Call Sign: WPIE706
Assigned Frequencies: 929.587 MHz Grant Date: 11/07/2000, Expiration Date: 09/28/2010, Cancellation Date: 07/09/2001, Certifier: Donna Comer
Registrant: Paging Network Inc, 1500 International Pkwy, Suite 300, Richardson, TX 75081, Phone: (972) 801-0304, Fax: (972) 801-0330
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Front St (Lat: 36.022083 Lon: -79.367528), Call Sign: KDB512, Licensee ID: L00079065
Assigned Frequencies: 154.220 MHz Grant Date: 01/18/2002, Expiration Date: 02/11/2012
Registrant: County Of Alamance, County Courthouse, Graham, NC 27253, Phone: (910) 570-6776
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1 - Call Sign: KC8FLD, Licensee ID: L01230193
Grant Date: 01/03/2007, Expiration Date: 01/03/2017, Certifier: Rodion Kornienko
Registrant: Rodion Kornienko, Swepsonville, NC 27359
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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