Moore 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: 4.2%
(4.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 83.3% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: | 2.3 people | | North Carolina: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 76.4% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 1.0% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Whispering Pines, NC
Whispering Pines compared to North Carolina state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage 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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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (96%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Moore County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Whispering Pines (based on Moore County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 40.85%
| Here |  | 40.9% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Presbyterian Church (USA) | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | United Church of Christ |
| Adherents | 31.6% | 17.8% | 17.3% | 12.8% | 3.7% |
| Congregations | 23.9% | 18.6% | 17.7% | 2.7% | 4.4% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Episcopal Church | Friends (Quakers) | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other |
| Adherents | 2.9% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 1.3% | 7.6% |
| Congregations | 0.9% | 0.9% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 22.1% |
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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: 15 | This county: | 1.78 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Moore County: | 0.12 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 8 | This county: | 0.95 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 36 | Moore County: | 4.28 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 83 | Moore County: | 9.86 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult obesity rate: | This county: | 24.1% | | North Carolina: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Moore County: | 16.7% | | 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 |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $5,508 | $33,048 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $6,768 | $40,608 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
8 | $25,758 | $38,637 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $2,298 | $27,576 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
1 | $2,639 | $31,668 | 5 | $2,551 |
| Streets and Highways |
4 | $9,779 | $29,337 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
18 | $52,750 | $35,167 | 5 | $2,551 |
Whispering Pines government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $8,000 ($2.72)
- Construction - Police Protection: $43,000 ($14.64)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $371,000 ($126.28)
Solid Waste Management: $218,000 ($74.20)
Regular Highways: $134,000 ($45.61)
Financial Administration: $122,000 ($41.52)
Parks & Recreation: $91,000 ($30.97)
Fire Protection: $79,000 ($26.89)
General - Other: $39,000 ($13.27)
Central Staff Services: $26,000 ($8.85)
General Public Buildings: $24,000 ($8.17)
- General - Interest on Debt: $25,000 ($8.51)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $298,000 ($101.43)
All Other: $54,000 ($18.38)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $471,000 ($160.31)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $421,000 ($143.29)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $50,000 ($17.02)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $35,000 ($11.91)
General Revenue, NEC: $13,000 ($4.42)
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $132,000 ($44.93)
Police Protection: $49,000 ($16.68)
Regular Highways: $15,000 ($5.11)
Financial Administration: $5,000 ($1.70)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,062,000 ($361.47)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $101,000 ($34.38)
General Support: $89,000 ($30.29)
All Other: $21,000 ($7.15)
- Tax - Property: $707,000 ($240.64)
NEC: $18,000 ($6.13)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $443,000 ($150.78)
8.01% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($65,407 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.01% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($979 average AGI)| Moore County: | 0.14% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($50,258 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.09% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.11% of residents moved to foreign countries ($845 average AGI)| Moore County: | 0.11% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Whispering Pines:
- WEEB (990 AM; 10 kW; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: PINEHURST BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WQNX (1350 AM; 3 kW; ABERDEEN, NC; Owner: GOLF CAPITAL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WIOZ (550 AM; 1 kW; PINEHURST, NC; Owner: MUIRFIELD BROADCASTING, 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)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WLWL (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ROCKINGHAM, NC; Owner: SANDHILLS BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WRBZ (850 AM; 10 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: ALCHEMY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #1)
- WYRU (1160 AM; 5 kW; RED SPRINGS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCKB (780 AM; 7 kW; DUNN, NC; Owner: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL BROADCASTERS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Whispering Pines:
- W290AD (105.9 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WIOZ-FM (102.5 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: MERIDIAN COMMUNICATIONS. L.L.C.)
- WQSM (98.1 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBFY (90.3 FM; PINEHURST, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WFJA (105.5 FM; SANFORD, NC; Owner: WWGP BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKQB (106.9 FM; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)
- 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)
- WFLB (96.5 FM; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: WFLB LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRAL (101.5 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAL-FM, INC.)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKRR (92.3 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
- W202BQ (88.3 FM; ABERDEEN, NC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION CORP.)
- WKXU (101.1 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WDCG (105.1 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WUKS (107.7 FM; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W204AV (88.7 FM; SANFORD, NC; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
TV broadcast stations around Whispering Pines:
- WYBE-CA (Channel 44; PINEHURST, NC; Owner: MULTIMEDIA NETWORK OF NC, INC)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
- 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.)
- 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.)
- WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
- WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
- WFPX (Channel 62; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WUNC-TV (Channel 4; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- W66DF (Channel 66; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W19CA (Channel 19; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WGHP (Channel 8; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: WGHP LICENSE, INC.)
- W67CD (Channel 67; SANFORD, NC; Owner: CENTRAL CAROLINA B/CING. CORP., INC.)
- W46BF (Channel 46; SANFORD, NC; Owner: SAN-LEE COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Whispering Pines, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 1
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 1
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 102
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 157
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 29
- Fatalities: 110
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 273
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 16
Whispering Pines fatal accident list:
Apr 15, 2001 01:40 PM, Cardinal Drive, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 1 meters (3ft)
Total average daily traffic: 100
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 200
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 6 - Bridget B Breen, Sr 1838 Mccaskil Road (029572 / Whispering Pines) (Lat: 35.261889 Lon: -79.419778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 46.3 m, Overall height: 48.8 m
Registrant: American Towers (Delaware), Inc., 3200 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Suite 205, Atlanta, GA 30339, Phone: (770) 953-9400 - Bridget B Breen, Sr 1838 Mccaskil Road (029572 / Whispering Pines) (Lat: 35.261889 Lon: -79.419778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 46.3 m, Overall height: 48.8 m
Registrant: American Towers (Delaware), Inc., 3200 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Suite 205, Atlanta, GA 30339, Phone: (770) 953-9400 - Bridget B Breen, Sr 1838 Mccaskil Road (029572 / Whispering Pines) (Lat: 35.261889 Lon: -79.419778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 46.3 m, Overall height: 48.8 m
Registrant: American Towers (Delaware), Inc., 829 Pickens Industrial Drive, Ste 3, Marietta, GA 30062, Phone: (770) 919-9003 - Sean O'Malley, Sr 1838 Mccaskil Road (029572 / Whispering Pines) (Lat: 35.261889 Lon: -79.419778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 46.3 m, Overall height: 48.8 m, Licensee ID: L00008376
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 1898 Leland Drive, Marietta, GA 30067, Phone: (678) 265-6770, Email:
- B B CARTER, Sr 1838 Mccaskil Road (029572 / Whispering Pines) (Lat: 35.261889 Lon: -79.419778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 46.3 m, Overall height: 48.8 m, Licensee ID: L00008376
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 829 Pickens Industrial Dr., Ste. 3, Marietta, GA 30062, Phone: (770) 970-2050, Email:
- B B CARTER, Sr 1838 Mccaskil Road (029572 / Whispering Pines) (Lat: 35.261889 Lon: -79.419778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 46.3 m, Overall height: 48.8 m
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 3200 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Suite 205, Atlanta, GA 30339, Phone: (770) 308-1986, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 16 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Whispering Pines)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 5 - Aircraft: NORTH AMERICAN NA-64 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 141 mph), Engine: WRIGHT 975E&F-2&3 (475 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 214BT , Serial Number: 64-2217, Year manufactured: 1940, Airworthiness Date: 07/07/1982
Registrant (Individual): Richard H Hester, 186 Lakeview Dr, Whispering Pines, NC 28327 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-160 (Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 150 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3363P , Serial Number: 23-1320, Year manufactured: 1958
Registrant (Individual): Jose L Gamero, 186 Lakeview Dr, Whispering Pines, NC 28327 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-160 (Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 150 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4050P , Serial Number: 23-1527, Year manufactured: 1958
Registrant (Individual): Gary R Layne, C/O Alan Greisz / 265 Sullivan Dr, Whispering Pines, NC 28327 - Aircraft: CESSNA 152 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 69173 , Serial Number: 15285346, Year manufactured: 1981, Airworthiness Date: 09/15/1981
Registrant (Individual): Alan L Greisz, 265 Sullivan Dr, Whispering Pines, NC 28327 - Aircraft: BOEING A75N1(PT17) (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 93 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR R670-SERIES (225 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9196R , Serial Number: 75-4810, Year manufactured: 1957, Airworthiness Date: 12/12/1961
Registrant (Co-Owned): Richard H Jr Hester, 186 Lakeview Dr, Whispering Pines, NC 28327, Other Owners: Mary K Hester
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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