Valley Hill, North Carolina

Back to Valley Hill, NC housing info, Henderson County, North Carolina, NC smaller cities, NC small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Valley Hill, NC Henderson County Population in July 2007: 2,403. Males: 1,159   (48.2%) Females: 1,244   (51.8%) Median resident age:   45.6 years North Carolina median age:   35.3 years Zip codes: 28739. Estimated median household income in 2007: $40,488 (it was $32,250 in 2000) Valley Hill:   $40,488 North Carolina:   $44,670 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $24,120 Valley Hill:   $24,120 North Carolina:   $24,307 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $160,723 (it was $95,200 in 2000) Valley Hill:   $160,723 North Carolina:   $145,700 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $218,231; Detached houses: $221,345; Townhouses or other attached units: $217,651; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $162,668; Mobile homes: $32,419 Valley Hill, NC residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Valley Hill: White Non-Hispanic (90.2%) Hispanic (5.6%) Black (2.3%) Two or more races (0.9%) Other Asian (0.7%) Other race (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) 2008 cost of living index in Valley Hill: 85.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Valley Hill, North Carolina on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: So we're thinking about moving to a small town around Asheville...  (18 replies) Things we wish we could get here............  (98 replies) Nice smaller towns in Western NC?  (16 replies) What is considered country/rural areas around Asheville?  (4 replies) We want to move to Asheville!! Help  (11 replies) will I be lonely in wnc? any other romanians there?  (9 replies) Ancestries: English (16.4%), Irish (14.1%), German (13.9%), United States (10.6%), Scotch-Irish (6.4%), Scottish (6.2%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Elevation: 2340 feet Land area: 2.36 square miles. Population density: 1017 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in Valley Hill, North Carolina

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Valley Hill-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 8% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 34.8 miles away from the Valley Hill place center killed 2 people and injured 35 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 tornado 52.4 miles away from the place center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Valley Hill-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above North Carolina state average. It is 85% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 98.6 miles away from Valley Hill center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML) earthquake occurred 90.1 miles away from the city center
On 8/25/2005 at 03:09:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MW, Depth: 5.0 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 44.0 miles away from the city center
On 7/30/1997 at 12:29:23, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 97.5 miles away from Valley Hill center
On 7/5/1995 at 14:16:44, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 97.6 miles away from the city center
On 12/7/2007 at 11:07:03, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 18.6 miles away from Valley Hill center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)

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Reservoir: Osceola Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map Creeks: Perry Creek (A), Finley Creek (B), Tonys Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.2 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	67.2%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.5%
Whole state:	4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.4% of all households

This place:	12.4%
Whole state:	12.3%

This place:	3.5%
Whole state:	5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Valley Hill, NC

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8.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,762 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.39%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($419 average AGI)

Henderson County:	0.04%
North Carolina average:	0.17%

from Buncombe County, NC	1.96% ($44,461 average AGI)
from Transylvania County, NC	0.36% ($31,900)
from Polk County, NC	0.18% ($37,152)

6.49% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,307 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.49%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($200 average AGI)

Henderson County:	0.04%
North Carolina average:	0.10%

to Buncombe County, NC	1.57% ($45,806 average AGI)
to Transylvania County, NC	0.28% ($29,404)
to Polk County, NC	0.23% ($33,695)