Housing units in zip code 28675 with a mortgage: 913 (78 second mortgage, 173 home equity loan, 35 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,164
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $964
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $295
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
27.3%
Whole state:
16.2%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 28675: Bullhead Mountain Overlook (A), Camp Albert Butler (B), Caudill Cabin (C), New River Country Club (D), Stone Mountain Overlook (E), Mahogany Rock Overlook (F), New River Canoe and Campground (G), Air Bellows Overlook (H), Devils Garden Overlook (I), Whitehead Community Center (J), Alleghany County Courthouse (K). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 28675 include: Laura Glenn Church (A), Antioch Primitive Baptist Church (B), Bakers Ridge Mission (C), Union Primitive Baptist Church (D), Whitehead Union Baptist Church (E), Landmark Union Baptist Church (F), Liberty Missionary Baptist Church (G), Macedonia Baptist Church (H), New Haven Church of the Brethren (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Zion Cemetery (1), Union Cemetery (2), Sparta Cemetery (3), Shiloh Cemetery (4), Prathers Creek Cemetery (5), Pleasant Home Cemetery (6), New Haven Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Evans Branch (A), Elk Creek (B), Cheek Branch (C), Brush Creek (D), Bledsoe Creek (E), Wolf Branch (F), Waterfalls Creek (G), Vile Creek (H), Rock Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Year house built
2005 or later: 98
2000 to 2004: 227
1990 to 1999: 719
1980 to 1989: 789
1970 to 1979: 1,037
1960 to 1969: 760
1950 to 1959: 269
1940 to 1949: 196
1939 or earlier: 321
Estimated household income distribution in 2009:
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 28675:
Less than $10,000: 237
$10,000 to $14,999: 71
$15,000 to $19,999: 132
$20,000 to $24,999: 57
$25,000 to $29,999: 340
$30,000 to $34,999: 43
$35,000 to $39,999: 117
$40,000 to $49,999: 122
$50,000 to $59,999: 52
$60,000 to $69,999: 107
$70,000 to $79,999: 116
$80,000 to $89,999: 190
$90,000 to $99,999: 153
$100,000 to $124,999: 250
$125,000 to $149,999: 372
$150,000 to $174,999: 194
$175,000 to $199,999: 130
$200,000 to $249,999: 156
$250,000 to $299,999: 148
$300,000 to $399,999: 96
$400,000 to $499,999: 105
$500,000 to $749,999: 55
$1,000,000 or more: 75
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 28675:
Less than $100: 563
$100 to $149: 82
$150 to $199: 106
$200 to $249: 110
$250 to $299: 283
$300 to $349: 255
$350 to $399: 89
$400 to $449: 286
$450 to $499: 70
$500 to $549: 281
$550 to $599: 436
$600 to $649: 187
$700 to $749: 52
$900 to $999: 118
$1,000 to $1,249: 82
$1,250 to $1,499: 193
No cash rent: 170
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $208,625.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $145,886
Black or African American householders: $111,416
Asian householders: $442,533
Some other race householders: $39,169
Hispanic or Latino householders: $42,651
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $148,846
28675:
$148,846
North Carolina:
$154,500
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $84,309 - $232,707
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $174,152
Here:
$174,152
State:
$220,670
Mobile homes: $55,621
Here:
$55,621
State:
$67,987
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,383
One, attached: 163
Two: 188
3 or 4: 304
5 to 9: 346
10 to 19: 123
20 to 49: 84
Mobile homes: 578
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 1,862 (78%)
Carpooled: 402 (17%)
Motorcycle: 83 (3%)
Bicycle: 17 (1%)
Walked: 60 (3%)
Other means: 531 (22%)
Worked at home: 132 (6%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 270
5 to 9 minutes: 439
10 to 14 minutes: 338
15 to 19 minutes: 391
20 to 24 minutes: 279
25 to 29 minutes: 151
30 to 34 minutes: 341
35 to 39 minutes: 51
40 to 44 minutes: 156
45 to 59 minutes: 106
60 to 89 minutes: 79
90 or more minutes: 130
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 78.3%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,850
In family households: 4,848 (1,317 male householders, 408 female householders)
1,403 spouses, 1,419 children (1,298 natural, 52 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 97 other relatives, 82 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,002 (318 male householders (282 living alone)), 585 female householders (531 living alone)), 99 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 169 (150 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 962 2-persons, 472 3-persons, 156 4-persons, 195 5-persons, 68 6-persons
476 married couples with children.
834 single-parent households (320 men, 514 women).
95.5% of residents of 28675 zip code speak English at home.
20.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (10% very well, 24% well, 49% not well, 17% not at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% well).
Foreign born population: 401 (6.5%) (10.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
6.5%
Whole state:
7.5%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Mexico (81%)
Vietnam (8%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Other South Central Asia (4%)
Germany (1%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 308
1990 to 1999: 29
1980 to 1989: 50
Before 1980: 37
Races in zip code 28675:
White population: 5,814 Black population: 145 American Indian population: 26 Asian population: 37 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 0 Two or more races population: 64 Hispanic or Latino population: 377
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
BRISTOL COMPRESSORS SPARTA INCORPORATED (114 INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE in SPARTA, NC)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - -115DA4YG00M69W84AY3WG7TSGV, WASTEWATER FACILITY, -4457, AIR PROGRAM STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - AIR PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: PLASTICS PRODUCTS; AIR-CONDITIONING AND WARM AIR HEATING EQUIPMENT AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER PLASTICS PRODUCT MANUFACTURING.; ALL OTHER PLASTICS PRODUCT MANUFACTURING.; AIR-CONDITIONING AND WARM AIR HEATING EQUIPMENT AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING.; AIR-CONDITIONING AND WARM AIR HEATING EQUIPMENT AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING. Organizations: MARTIN MARIETTA COMPOSITES INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, YORK INTERNATIONAL CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: BRISTOL COMPRESSORS DIVISION OF YI, MARTIN MARIETTA COMPOSITES INCORPORATED, MARTIN MARIETTA COMPOSITES INC - SPARTA FACILITY, MARTIN MARIETTA COMPOSITES INC., MARTIN MARIETTA COMPOSITES - S, MARTIN MARIETTA MTRL INC MARTI
CARDINAL STONE COMPANY INCORPORATED (US 221 AND US 21 in SPARTA, NC)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - AIR PROGRAM Business SIC and NAICS classification: CRUSHED AND BROKEN GRANITE
CHARLESTON FORGE-SPARTA PLANT (593 ANDREWS RIDGE ROAD in SPARTA, NC)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (North Carolina facility info) - AIR PROGRAM Business SIC and NAICS classification: METAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Alternative names: CHARLESTON FORGE, INC. - SPARTA PLANT, HEARTHSTONE ENTERPRISES, INC-CHARLESTON
ALLEGHANY HIGH SCHOOL (404 TROJAN AVENUE in SPARTA, NC)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-304 Organizations: ALLEGHANY COUNTY SCHOOLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
ALLEGHANY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (233 DOCTORS STREET in SPARTA, NC)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS Alternative names: ALLEGHANY COMPANY MEM HOSP
CAROLINA NARROW FABRIC CO (604 MEMORIAL PARK DR in SPARTA, NC)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: HORACE L FREEMAN (CONTACT/OWNER)
CHOATE MOTOR COMPANY (118 E WHITEHEAD ST in SPARTA, NC)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: DAVID CHOATE (CONTACT/OWNER)
CITY BODY SHOP (JONES ST in SPARTA, NC)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: CLINTON MCGRADY (CONTACT/OWNER)
ALLEGHANY COUNTY SCH DIST. (ONE PEACHTREE STREET in SPARTA, NC)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) Alternative names: ALLEGHANY CNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
C A MELLOTT DBA BULLHEAD PROD (FARM RD in SPARTA, NC)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: CRUSHED AND BROKEN GRANITE
CARL ROSE & SONS READY-MIX CONCRETE, IN (164 PINE SWAMP ROAD in SPARTA, NC)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: READY-MIXED CONCRETE Alternative names: CARL ROSE & SONS INC-SPARTA READY MIX
CHARLESTON FORGE (534 NAPCO RD in SPARTA, NC)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: BARBER INVESTMENTS LLC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
CHARLESTON FORGE PLT #3 (STATE ROAD 1427 in SPARTA, NC)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: BABBER INVESTMENTS LLC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, BARBER INVESTMENTS LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 5.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.7%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
Electricity (33%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
Wood (10%)
Utility gas (3%)
Solar energy (3%)
No fuel used (3%)
Other fuel (2%)
Population in 1990: 5,746. Population change in the 1990s: +364 (+6.3%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,939
Northeast: 273
Midwest: 100
South: 1,390
West: 28
64% of the 28675 zip code 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, 50% lived in North Carolina.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60
Here:
9.8%
North Carolina:
9.4%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 74
Here:
19.0%
North Carolina:
8.0%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 79
Here:
20.4%
North Carolina:
19.1%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
G&A TREE SERVICE, INC (154 HICKORY VIEW DRIVE in SPARTA, NC; small business) : $37,663 in 2 contractsin 2000
$37,663 with Navy for Tree Thinning Services. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2000-06-06. Completion date: 2000-07-11.
$0, same as above.Signed on 2000-06-06. Completion date: 2000-07-11.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: Home Health Care Services (100-249 employees: 1 establishment, 50-99 employees: 1 establishment, 20-49 employees: 2 establishments, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (100-249: 1)