Norton city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 3,724 (91% urban, 9% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 968
Renter-occupied apartments: 762

% of renters here:	44%
State:	32%

Land area: 8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 495 people per square mile

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2008 cost of living index in Norton city: 82.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (24.5%), Retail trade (14.4%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (12.4%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 78%
Government: 18%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Norton city, Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Norton city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (90.9%)
Black (6.1%)
Two or more races (0.9%)
Hispanic (0.9%)
Filipino (0.6%)

Median resident age:	39.0 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 1,757	(45.0%)
Females: 2,147	(55.0%)

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Total labor force in 2004: 1,587
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.3%

Average household size:

Norton city:	2.2 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $29,078 ($22,788 in 1999)

This county:	$29,078
Virginia:	$59,562

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $353 (lower quartile is $159, upper quartile is $510)

This county:	$353
State:	$753

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $125,042 (it was $53,800 in 2000)

Norton city:	$125,042
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $85,804 - $206,662

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $164,495
Here: $164,495
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $239,744
Here: $239,744
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $251,206
Here: $251,206
State: $295,743

Mobile homes: $24,260
Here: $24,260
State: $37,843

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,346
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $222

Institutionalized population: 49

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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $393 (0.7%)

Norton city household income distribution in 2007

Norton city contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	22.8%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	8.7%
Whole state:	4.3%

Area name: Wise County-Norton city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Norton city is $410 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $628 a month.

Cities in this county include: Norton.

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	7.2%
Virginia:	7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 180
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 66.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 43 (28% naturalized citizens)

Norton city:	1.1%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 20 1990 to 1994: 3 1985 to 1989: 6 1980 to 1984: 0 1975 to 1979: 12 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 2

Mean travel time to work: 18.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 59.1%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,002
One, attached: 34
Two: 83
3 or 4: 92
5 to 9: 172
10 to 19: 65
20 or more: 123
Mobile homes: 375

Housing units in Norton city with a mortgage: 442 (15 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 303

Here:	59.3% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 1,247
Total congregations: 11

Adherents

Name	National Association of Free Will Baptists	Catholic Church	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Other
Adherents	702 (56.3%)	207 (16.6%)	168 (13.5%)	85 (6.8%)	85 (6.8%)
Congregations	7 (63.6%)	1 (9.1%)	1 (9.1%)	1 (9.1%)	1 (9.1%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Norton city - Norton

Norton city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 62% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 39.0 miles away from Norton city center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 43.0 miles away from the county center
On 6/29/1996 at 19:30:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 41.1 miles away from the county center
On 10/26/1995 at 00:37:28, a magnitude 4.0 (3.9 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 28.5 miles away from Norton city center
On 8/17/1990 at 21:01:17, a magnitude 4.0 (3.5 LG, 4.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 40.8 miles away from the county center
On 4/19/1996 at 08:50:14, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 21.9 miles away from Norton city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (12%)
Mining (10%)
Educational services (9%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Utilities (5%)
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (25%)
Accommodation and food services (15%)
Educational services (10%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Philippines (42%)
Korea (40%)
Mexico (19%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Norton city (%):

United States or American (33%)
Irish (11%)
English (11%)
German (8%)
Scotch-Irish (5%)
Dutch (2%)
Scottish (2%)

Norton city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,129 (78%)
Carpooled: 208 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
Walked: 58 (4%)
Other means: 20 (1%)
Worked at home: 34 (2%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

49 people in nursing homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,679.

10.19% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,597 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.19%
Virginia average:	11.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.08% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($17,521 average AGI)
3.11% relocated from other states ($10,076 average AGI)
Norton city: 3.11%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Wise County, VA	4.74% ($24,896 average AGI)
from Dickenson County, VA	0.85% ($25,833)

9.55% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,470 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.55%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.06% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($29,366 average AGI)
2.49% relocated to other states ($13,104 average AGI)
Norton city: 2.49%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Wise County, VA

5.20% ($40,274 average AGI)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1

Births per 1000 population in Norton city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.2

Deaths per 1000 population in Norton city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 15.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Norton city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,402 (945 aged, 457 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 53.29
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 247428.72
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 6981.080
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 1150253.13

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 924.670
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1387
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 27.2

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 48.13
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 353.550

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 54.39

Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996 : 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 3,855

In family households: 3,138 (687 male householders, 381 female householders)
730 spouses, 1,034 children (982 natural, 20 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 102 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 68 other relatives, 69 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 717 (223 male householders (205 living alone)), 439 female householders (406 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 49 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 486 2-persons, 299 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 38 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 611 1-person, 51 2-persons.

96.9% of residents of Norton city speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (34% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $54,960,000 ($14644 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,399,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $21,312,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,994,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $287,000
Federal grants: $10,516,000
Federal procurement contracts: $6,152,000 ($5,970,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,699,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $146,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,700,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 219

Here:	60 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 288

Here:	78 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +19

Here:	+5 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -182

Here:	-49 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Norton city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.09 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 46
1995 to 1998: 29
1990 to 1994: 149
1980 to 1989: 326
1970 to 1979: 437
1960 to 1969: 207
1950 to 1959: 235
1940 to 1949: 146
1939 or earlier: 371

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Norton city, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 20 4 rooms: 105 5 rooms: 263 6 rooms: 204 7 rooms: 166 8 rooms: 114 9+ rooms: 96

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Norton city, Virginia:
	1 room: 22 2 rooms: 72 3 rooms: 147 4 rooms: 218 5 rooms: 178 6 rooms: 69 7 rooms: 41 8 rooms: 9 9+ rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Norton city:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 7 2 bedrooms: 243 3 bedrooms: 506 4 bedrooms: 180 5+ bedrooms: 32

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Norton city:
	no bedroom: 22 1 bedroom: 240 2 bedrooms: 314 3 bedrooms: 142 4 bedrooms: 44 5+ bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Norton city in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 74 1 vehicle: 311 2 vehicles: 404 3 vehicles: 145 4 vehicles: 25 5+ vehicles: 9

Cars and other vehicles available in Norton city in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 186 1 vehicle: 383 2 vehicles: 158 3 vehicles: 20 4 vehicles: 15 5+ vehicles: 0

50% of Norton city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Virginia.

Norton city:	50.1%
State average:	53.8%

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

This state: 2965
Northeast: 43
Midwest: 101
South: 676
West: 62

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,900

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (69.0%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24.5%) Coal or coke (3.6%) Wood (1.5%) Other fuel (0.7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (0.6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (84.9%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10.0%) Wood (2.2%) Coal or coke (1.4%) Other fuel (0.8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (0.7%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11

Here:	2.4%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18

Here:	8.4%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Norton city Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

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