Martinsville city, Virginia (VA)

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% of renters here:	40%
State:	32%

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (34.6%), Educational,health and social services (18.8%), Retail trade (11.5%).

Type of workers:

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Races in Martinsville city, Virginia:

Median resident age:	40.8 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 6,966	(45.2%)
Females: 8,450	(54.8%)

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Martinsville city:	2.3 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

This county:	$35,015
Virginia:	$59,562

This county:	$427
State:	$753

Martinsville city:	$163,103
Virginia:	$262,100

Detached houses: $193,800

Here:	$193,800
State:	$357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $157,633

Here:	$157,633
State:	$371,438

In 2-unit structures: $149,196

Here:	$149,196
State:	$295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $299,920

Here:	$299,920
State:	$305,320

Mobile homes: $12,500

Here:	$12,500
State:	$37,843

This county:	19.2%
Whole state:	9.6%

This county:	6.9%
Whole state:	4.3%

Area name: Henry County-Martinsville city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Martinsville city is $387 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $619 a month.

Cities in this county include: Martinsville.

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Here:	21.9%
Virginia:	7.0%

Current college students: 661
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 68.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 412 (20% naturalized citizens)

Martinsville city:	2.7%
Whole state:	8.1%

Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 43.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 5,294
• One, attached: 97
• Two: 499
• 3 or 4: 427
• 5 to 9: 413
• 10 to 19: 143
• 20 or more: 357
• Mobile homes: 19

Housing units in Martinsville city with a mortgage: 2,062 (219 second mortgage, 217 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,631

Here:	55.8% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Martinsville city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 24.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 13 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 8/17/1994, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 10 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Martinsville city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 95% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/21/1998 at 05:56:47, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.3 LG, Depth: 8.3 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 95.9 miles away from Martinsville city center
On 6/26/1995 at 00:36:17, a magnitude 3.5 (3.1 MB, 3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 87.9 miles away from the county center
On 4/22/1991 at 01:01:20, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 9.1 mi) earthquake occurred 88.8 miles away from the county center
On 6/5/1998 at 02:31:01, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 99.0 miles away from Martinsville city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 4,709 (78%) Carpooled: 1,050 (17%) Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%) Ferryboat: 4 (0%) Taxi: 23 (0%) Walked: 93 (2%) Other means: 27 (0%) Worked at home: 113 (2%)

7.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,455 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.16%
Virginia average:	11.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.02% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($19,421 average AGI)
2.14% relocated from other states ($11,034 average AGI)

Martinsville city:	2.14%
Virginia average:	4.24%

from Henry County, VA	3.17% ($26,485 average AGI)
from Franklin County, VA	0.32% ($25,941)
from Pittsylvania County, VA	0.28% ($23,067)
from Rockingham County, NC	0.19% ($19,600)

7.38% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,334 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.38%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.86% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($20,742 average AGI)
2.52% relocated to other states ($10,592 average AGI)

Martinsville city:	2.52%
Virginia average:	4.13%

to Henry County, VA	2.99% ($28,094 average AGI)
to Franklin County, VA	0.34% ($39,722)
to Guilford County, NC	0.32% ($35,235)
to Mecklenburg County, NC	0.21% ($23,909)
to Rockingham County, NC	0.21% ($20,091)
to Patrick County, VA	0.21% ($23,909)
to Pittsylvania County, VA	0.21% ($26,182)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 16.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.8

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,521 (5,260 aged, 1,261 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 12,008 (2,635 male householders, 1,430 female householders)

  2,676 spouses, 3,983 children (3,671 natural, 97 adopted, 215 stepchildren), 531 grandchildren, 105 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 270 other relatives, 296 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 2,718 (911 male householders (780 living alone)), 1,530 female householders (1,432 living alone)), 277 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 690 (583 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,940 2-persons, 984 3-persons, 715 4-persons, 305 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 62 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,212 1-person, 198 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

95.3% of residents of Martinsville city speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 46% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $155,148,000 ($10316 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,143,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $88,578,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $37,417,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $154,000
Federal grants: $22,495,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,107,000 ($103,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,398,000 ($34,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,878,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,462,000

Here:	63 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Here:	90 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Here:	+15 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Here:	-15 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	6.3
State:	6.6

Here:	4.3
State:	4.3

59% of Martinsville city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Virginia.

Martinsville city:	59.1%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 11025
• Northeast: 838
• Midwest: 256
• South: 2623
• West: 192

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $44,500

Here:	3.1%
Virginia:	9.5%

Here:	3.8%
Virginia:	8.2%

Here:	12.2%
Virginia:	20.6%

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