Person County, North Carolina (NC)

Back to: North Carolina, North Carolina smaller cities, North Carolina smallest towns, All US cities.

• General Map
• Google Map
• MSN Map

• General Map
• Google Map
• MSN Map

• General Map
• Google Map
• MSN Map

Please wait while loading the map...

% of renters here:	25%
State:	31%

We are giving away a $200 prize - enter simply by sending us your own pictures of this county!

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (25.6%), Educational,health and social services (19.2%), Retail trade (11.0%), Construction (10.0%).

Type of workers:

Person County, North Carolina business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Person County, North Carolina:

Median resident age:	38.0 years
North Carolina median age:	35.3 years

Males: 17,188	(48.2%)
Females: 18,435	(51.8%)

Recent posts about Person County, North Carolina on our local forum with over 400,000 registered users. Person County is mentioned 39 times on our forum:

	Job relocating to Durham, interested in living in Person County  (2 replies)
	Any Info On Person County  (2 replies)
	29000 workers needing a job in triangle  (60 replies)
	Grocery stores  (51 replies)
	Question for all Northern transplants...  (36 replies)
	Regional cliches... especially stuff parents say  (52 replies)

Person County:	2.5 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

This county:	$42,361
North Carolina:	$44,670

Person County:	$130,034
North Carolina:	$145,700

This county:	$420
State:	$532

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 73
• Burglaries: 239
• Thefts: 277
• Auto thefts: 15

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 53
• Burglaries: 236
• Thefts: 304
• Auto thefts: 6

This county:	12.0%
Whole state:	12.3%

This county:	5.2%
Whole state:	5.5%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Person County is $439 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $530 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $633 a month.

Cities in this county include: Roxboro.

2005 air pollution in Person County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.087 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.079 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Caswell County , Durham County , Granville County , Halifax County, Virginia , Orange County .

Click to draw/clear county borders

Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Person County: Hesters Store (A), Push (B). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Person County include: New Ephesus Church (A), Webb Church (B), Leas Chapel United Methodist Church (C), Helena Primitive Baptist Church (D), Helena United Methodist Church (E), Allen Chapel (F), Hesters Grove Church (G), Allensville United Methodist Church (H), High View Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Shiloh Church Cemetery (1), Ephesus Cemetery (2), Shepherd Cemetery (3), Oak Grove Methodist Church Cemetery (4), Baileys Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery (5), Salem Methodist Church Cemetery (6), Ragland Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Reservoirs: After Bay Reservoir (A), M L Blalock Lake (B), Davis-Braun Pond (C), Wagstaff Pond (D), Hedgepeth Pond (E), Roxboro City Lake (F), Roxboro Country Club Lake (G), Roxboro Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: North Flat River (A), Lick Creek (B), Lick Branch (C), Little Duck Creek (D), Ghent Creek (E), Fishing Branch (F), Powells Creek (G), Double Creek (H), Donaldson Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	5.6%
North Carolina:	4.5%

Current college students: 1,268
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 74.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 448 (28% naturalized citizens)

Person County:	1.3%
Whole state:	5.3%

Mean travel time to work: 29.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 58.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 10,590
• One, attached: 285
• Two: 304
• 3 or 4: 375
• 5 to 9: 201
• 10 to 19: 58
• 20 or more: 37
• Mobile homes: 3,644
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10

Housing units in Person County with a mortgage: 4,064 (345 second mortgage, 658 home equity loan, 43 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,798

Here:	59.2% with mortgage
State:	69.1% with mortgage

Person County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below North Carolina state average. It is 1.0 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 7/12/1964, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 13,092 (79%) Carpooled: 2,729 (17%) Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%) Taxi: 13 (0%) Motorcycle: 12 (0%) Bicycle: 8 (0%) Walked: 143 (1%) Other means: 110 (1%) Worked at home: 412 (2%)

5.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,576 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.55%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.56% relocated from other counties in North Carolina ($25,977 average AGI)
1.99% relocated from other states ($13,599 average AGI)

Person County:	1.99%
North Carolina average:	4.34%

from Durham County, NC	1.31% ($39,898 average AGI)
from Orange County, NC	0.35% ($43,638)
from Wake County, NC	0.34% ($44,239)
from Granville County, NC	0.29% ($47,436)
from Caswell County, NC	0.25% ($36,500)
from Halifax County, VA	0.15% ($32,150)
from Alamance County, NC	0.11% ($52,600)

5.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,295 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.32%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.68% relocated to other counties in North Carolina ($23,845 average AGI)
1.64% relocated to other states ($11,450 average AGI)

Person County:	1.64%
North Carolina average:	3.10%

to Durham County, NC	1.27% ($37,130 average AGI)
to Wake County, NC	0.32% ($49,907)
to Caswell County, NC	0.31% ($25,381)
to Alamance County, NC	0.28% ($23,784)
to Granville County, NC	0.27% ($25,278)
to Orange County, NC	0.26% ($30,029)
to Halifax County, VA	0.18% ($31,917)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 11.7

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,655 (4,526 aged, 1,129 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 30,898 (7,471 male householders, 2,808 female householders)

  7,810 spouses, 10,386 children (9,589 natural, 214 adopted, 583 stepchildren), 973 grandchildren, 329 brothers or sisters, 174 parents, 470 other relatives, 477 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 4,333 (1,777 male householders (1,546 living alone)), 2,037 female householders (1,844 living alone)), 519 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 392 (353 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,478 2-persons, 2,733 3-persons, 1,942 4-persons, 787 5-persons, 227 6-persons, 112 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,390 1-person, 371 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 11 5-persons.

96.3% of residents of Person County speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $177,446,000 ($4803 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,760,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $74,663,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $38,560,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,741,000
Federal grants: $53,612,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,885,000 ($3,057,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,985,000 ($431,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,176,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $14,161,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,163,000

Here:	66 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Here:	55 per 1000 residents
State:	44 per 1000 residents

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Here:	+31 per 1000 residents
State:	+27 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.64 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

Here:	5.8
State:	5.9

Here:	4.5
State:	4.3

63% of Person County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in North Carolina.

Person County:	63.2%
State average:	54.4%

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

• This state: 27852
• Northeast: 1315
• Midwest: 771
• South: 4670
• West: 440

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,800

Here:	6.9%
North Carolina:	8.2%

Here:	5.2%
North Carolina:	6.9%

Here:	8.9%
North Carolina:	20.2%