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Notable locations in Whiteville: Whiteville Plaza (A), Columbus County Courthouse (B), Whiteville City Hall (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Lewis Smith Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Columbus Country Memorial Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Post office: Whiteville Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Dial-A-Story (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 407 North Jk Powell Boulevard), Columbus County Government - Travel & Tourism (104 East Walter Street).
Hotels: Budget Inn (76 Buds Lane), Best Western Premiere Inn (503 N Jk Powell Blvd).
Courts: North Carolina State - Juvenile Clerk Special Proceedings- Clerk Of Superior Ct-Courth (704 North Thompson Street), Columbus County Judicial System - County Courts- Foreclosures Involuntary Commitments Name Cha (106 Courthouse Square).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Whiteville and their reported violations in the past:
COLUMBUS CO WATER DISTRICT II (Population served: 2840, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-20-2006), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-20-2006)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-20-2006), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-20-2006)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (FEB-04-2005), St Public Notif requested (FEB-04-2005)
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between SEP-20-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-09-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
COLUMBUS CO WATER DISTRICT I (Population served: 2713, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - In OCT-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (2 times from OCT-21-2005 to OCT-21-2005), St Compliance achieved (OCT-28-2005)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2005 and OCT-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-11-2005), St Compliance achieved (OCT-28-2005)
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAR-21-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-18-2004), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-09-2004), St Compliance achieved (SEP-06-2005)
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 3 minor monitoring violations
- 3 other older monitoring violations
COLUMBUS COUNTY WATER DIST III (Population served: 2120, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-20-2006), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-20-2006)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-20-2006), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-20-2006)
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between SEP-20-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 111 regular monitoring violations
COLUMBUS COUNTY--ACME (Population served: 270, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-01-2005), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-18-2005)
PALMYRA BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
HOLIDAY MOTEL & RESTAURANT (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 3 regular monitoring violations
MASTER MART (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-10-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-18-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-09-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-07-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 11 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
- One other older monitoring violation
MAGNOLIA MISS BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Whiteville that have no violations reported:
- PLEASANT PLAINS BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- GLORY TABERNACLE CHURCH (Population served: 65, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  26.9% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 13.0% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Whiteville, NC
People in group quarters in Whiteville
- 172 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 85 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 27 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Whiteville compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Whiteville (2009 data):
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Whiteville Main Branch, South Whiteville Branch, Courthouse Branch. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- RBC Bank (USA): Whiteville Main Branch at 203 Washington Street, branch established on 1998-08-17; Whiteville Branch at 100 East Main Street, branch established on 1973-04-24. Info updated 2008-12-08: Bank assets: $31,335.9 mil, Deposits: $22,003.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 441 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Canada
- Waccamaw Bank: at 110 North J.K. Powell Boulevard, branch established on 1997-09-02. Info updated 2006-06-06: Bank assets: $538.0 mil, Deposits: $418.7 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 16 total offices, Holding Company: Waccamaw Bankshares, Inc
- Cooperative Bank: Whiteville Branch 18 at 1104 North J K Powell Boulevard, branch established on 2001-04-23. Info updated 2007-09-28: Bank assets: $974.6 mil, Deposits: $696.3 mil, headquarters in Wilmington, NC, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 25 total offices, Holding Company: Cooperative Bankshares, Inc.
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: Whiteville Main at 415 South Madison Street, branch established on 1912-01-01. Info updated 2009-01-06: Bank assets: $13,862.8 mil, Deposits: $11,768.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 343 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
- Woodforest National Bank: Whiteville Branch at 200 Columbus Corners Drive, branch established on 2008-05-31. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,928.3 mil, Deposits: $2,568.2 mil, headquarters in Houston, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 499 total offices, Holding Company: Woodforest Financial Group, Inc.
- Security Savings Bank, SSB: Columbus County Branch at 1629 South Madison Street, branch established on 2006-06-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $439.3 mil, Deposits: $300.6 mil, headquarters in Southport, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Whiteville, North Carolina
- Best Western Premiere Inn, 503 N JK Powell Blvd, Whiteville, NC 28472, Phone: (910) 642-2378, Fax: (910) 642-2378
- Holiday Inn Express, 1415 N J K Powell Blvd, Whiteville, NC 28472, Phone: (910) 641-0644, Fax: (910) 641-3715
All 2 fire-safe hotels and motels in Whiteville, North Carolina
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Columbus County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Utility gas (1%)
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Religion statistics for Whiteville
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Original Free Will Baptists | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 65.8% | 11.8% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
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| Congregations | 50.0% | 14.0% | 8.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% |
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| Name | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Catholic Church | Charismatic Churches Independent | Assemblies of God | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 4.6% |
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| Congregations | 2.9% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 11.0% |
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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 |
5 | $14,557 | $34,937 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
6 | $23,442 | $46,884 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
28 | $77,887 | $33,380 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
5 | $11,359 | $27,262 | 2 | $2,589 |
| Firefighters |
13 | $35,983 | $33,215 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $5,779 | $69,348 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
6 | $14,563 | $29,126 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
12 | $32,751 | $32,751 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
4 | $9,665 | $28,995 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
4 | $8,052 | $24,156 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $6,937 | $41,622 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
86 | $240,975 | $33,624 | 2 | $2,589 |
Whiteville government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $899,000
Solid Waste Management: $702,000
Parks & Recreation: $21,000
All Other: $4,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $1,109,000
Sewerage: $949,000
General - Other: $780,000
Solid Waste Management: $711,000
Liquor Stores: $598,000
Fire Protection: $449,000
Regular Highways: $413,000
Water Utilities: $407,000
Central Staff Services: $388,000
Parks & Recreation: $238,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $141,000
Housing & Community Development: $37,000
General Public Buildings: $9,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $637,000
All Other: $88,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Health: $4,000
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $4,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $573,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $132,000
Interest Earnings: $117,000
Rents: $5,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $115,000
Police Protection: $77,000
Parks & Recreation: $62,000
Central Staff: $6,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $5,000
Fire Protection: $4,000
General - Other: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,173,000
- Revenue - Liquor Stores: $659,000
Water Utilities: $385,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $300,000
Highways: $191,000
All Other: $24,000
- Tax - Property: $1,256,000
Motor Vehicle License: $134,000
NEC: $97,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $6,000
Other Selective Sales: $6,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $2,193,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0
4.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,737 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.55% | | 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:
4.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,743 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.37% | | 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 Whiteville:
- WENC (1220 AM; 5 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: DHA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTXY (1540 AM; daytime; 1 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: STANLEY BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WTAB (1370 AM; 5 kW; TABOR CITY, NC; Owner: WTAB, INC)
- WVOE (1590 AM; daytime; 1 kW; CHADBOURN, NC; Owner: EBONY ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WBLA (1440 AM; 5 kW; ELIZABETHTOWN, NC; Owner: SOUND BUSINESS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, INC)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WMYT (1180 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CAROLINA BEACH, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WMIR (1200 AM; 7 kW; ATLANTIC BEACH, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC BEACH RADIO, INC.)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WKKE (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: FERRIS YARNELL LOCKLEAR)
- WQJM (1450 AM; 10 kW; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WAAV (980 AM; 5 kW; LELAND, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Whiteville:
- WHQR (91.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WSTS (100.9 FM; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WZFX (99.1 FM; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKVC (88.9 FM; NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- WMNX (97.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WFLB (96.5 FM; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: WFLB LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKXB (99.9 FM; BURGAW, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
- WVCO (94.9 FM; LORIS, SC; Owner: CAROLINA BEACH MUSIC BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WGNI (102.7 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WGQR (105.7 FM; ELIZABETHTOWN, NC; Owner: SOUND BUSINESS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, INC)
- WHMC-FM (90.1 FM; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WKZQ-FM (101.7 FM; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Whiteville:
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WUNJ-TV (Channel 39; WILMINGTON, 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.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WFXB (Channel 43; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WHMC (Channel 23; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W67DU (Channel 67; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W47CK (Channel 47; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING INC.)
- WPEM-LP (Channel 47; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: GERALD LOCKLEAR)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Whiteville, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 36
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 60
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 7
- Fatalities: 36
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 126
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 8
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 99
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 151
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 28
- Fatalities: 106
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 264
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 15
See more detailed statistics of Whiteville fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 17 meters (56ft)
Total costs: $2,490,000
Total average daily traffic: 43,050
Total average daily truck traffic: 4,200
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Whiteville)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 21 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Whiteville, NC)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 21 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 10 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 30 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Whiteville)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 14 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Whiteville)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 88
- Hazardous Condition: 118
- Good Intent Call: 7
Incident types - Whiteville
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Whiteville, NC
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