Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina
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Males: 535 | (48.9%) |
Females: 561 | (51.1%) |
Median resident age: | 36.8 years |
North Carolina median age: | 35.3 years |
Zip codes: 27244.
Altamahaw-Ossipee: | $54,116 |
NC: | $67,481 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $29,075 (it was $17,541 in 2000)
Altamahaw-Ossipee CDP income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $133,731 (it was $55,500 in 2000)
Altamahaw-Ossipee: | $133,731 |
NC: | $280,600 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $269,240; detached houses: $295,828; townhouses or other attached units: $257,226; in 2-unit structures: $184,384; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $146,089; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $129,737; mobile homes: $89,410; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $26,256
Altamahaw-Ossipee, NC residents, houses, and apartments details
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Altamahaw-Ossipee, NC
- 88889.2%White alone
- 949.4%Black alone
- 101.0%Hispanic
- 20.2%Other race alone
- 10.1%American Indian alone
- 10.1%Two or more races
Races in Altamahaw-Ossipee detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
"Country Stores" (13 replies) |
Ancestries: United States (17.7%), English (11.7%), Irish (8.5%), German (8.0%), Italian (2.0%), Scotch-Irish (1.5%).
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Land area: 2.31 square miles.
Population density: 474 people per square mile (low).
19 residents are foreign born
This place: | 1.9% |
North Carolina: | 5.3% |
Altamahaw-Ossipee CDP: | 0.7% ($363) |
North Carolina: | 0.9% ($826) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greensboro, NC (18.8 miles , pop. 223,891).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (355.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 36.18 N, Longitude: 79.51 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 336
Here: | 3.1% |
North Carolina: | 3.2% |
- Construction (9.6%)
- Health care (8.2%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (7.5%)
- Social assistance (5.8%)
- Accommodation & food services (5.7%)
- Textile mills & textile products (5.5%)
- Educational services (5.2%)
- Construction (19.7%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (7.1%)
- Textile mills & textile products (5.8%)
- Social assistance (4.5%)
- Finance & insurance (4.5%)
- Machinery (4.2%)
- Repair & maintenance (3.6%)
- Health care (15.9%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (8.0%)
- Educational services (8.0%)
- Accommodation & food services (8.0%)
- Social assistance (7.0%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6.7%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (5.5%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (7.9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6.9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (4.9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4.7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4.2%)
- Cashiers (4.1%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3.9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (10.0%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (8.7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8.1%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6.8%)
- Carpenters (6.8%)
- Construction traders workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5.2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5.2%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7.3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7.0%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (7.0%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6.1%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6.1%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5.5%)
- Cashiers (4.9%)
Average climate in Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 79.5. This is about average.
City: | 79.5 |
U.S.: | 72.6 |
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2008 was 0.415. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was 9.1 miles away from the city center.
City: | 0.415 |
U.S.: | 0.251 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2023 was 0.0604. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 8.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 0.0604 |
U.S.: | 1.5147 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2022 was 30.2. This is about average. Closest monitor was 9.1 miles away from the city center.
City: | 30.2 |
U.S.: | 33.3 |
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µg/m3] level in 2022 was 12.4. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 8.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 12.4 |
U.S.: | 19.2 |
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2022 was 8.40. This is about average. Closest monitor was 8.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 8.40 |
U.S.: | 8.11 |
Tornado activity:
Altamahaw-Ossipee-area historical tornado activity is slightly below North Carolina state average. It is 28% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 11/23/1992, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 19.5 miles away from the Altamahaw-Ossipee place center killed 2 people and injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 3/20/1998, a category F3 tornado 28.6 miles away from the place center killed 2 people and injured 27 people and caused $34 million in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Altamahaw-Ossipee-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above North Carolina state average. It is 37% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 147.8 miles away from the city center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 90.8 miles away from Altamahaw-Ossipee center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 131.7 miles away from the city center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:18, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 134.9 miles away from the city center
On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK) earthquake occurred 281.7 miles away from Altamahaw-Ossipee center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi) earthquake occurred 148.9 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Alamance County (18) is near the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9
Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 7, Winter Storms: 3, Droughts: 2, Ice Storms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Flood: 1, Freeze: 1, Snowfall: 1, Storm: 1, Tornado: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Altamahaw-Ossipee:
- TWIN LAKES COMMUNITY MEMORY CARE (Nursing Home, about 7 miles away; BURLINGTON, NC)
- TWIN LAKES CARE CENTER (Nursing Home, about 7 miles away; BURLINGTON, NC)
- TWIN LAKES COMMUNITY (Nursing Home, about 7 miles away; BURLINGTON, NC)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT NURSING CENTER (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; BURLINGTON, NC)
- WHITE OAK MANOR - BURLINGTON (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; BURLINGTON, NC)
- LIBERTY COMMONS NANDR ALAMANCE (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; BURLINGTON, NC)
- BMA OF BURLINGTON INC (Dialysis Facility, about 8 miles away; BURLINGTON, NC)
Amtrak stations near Altamahaw-Ossipee:
- 8 miles: BURLINGTON (110 E. WEBB ST.) . Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
- 20 miles: GREENSBORO (2603 OAKLAND AVE.) . Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Altamahaw-Ossipee:
- Elon University (about 6 miles; Elon, NC; Full-time enrollment: 6,403)
- Alamance Community College (about 12 miles; Graham, NC; FT enrollment: 3,614)
- North Carolina A & T State University (about 17 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 9,805)
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (about 19 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 16,174)
- Guilford College (about 23 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 2,211)
- Guilford Technical Community College (about 27 miles; Jamestown, NC; FT enrollment: 13,068)
- Danville Community College (about 28 miles; Danville, VA; FT enrollment: 2,747)
Points of interest:
Churches in Altamahaw-Ossipee include: Riverside Church (A), Fairview Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Reedy Fork (A). Display/hide its location on the map
This place: | 2.5 people |
North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
This place: | 69.4% |
Whole state: | 69.4% |
This place: | 5.5% |
Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
This place: | 8.7% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
This place: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 5.5% |
For population 15 years and over in Altamahaw-Ossipee:
- Never married: 26.8%
- Now married: 46.9%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 10.5%
- Divorced: 13.4%
For population 25 years and over in Altamahaw-Ossipee:
- High school or higher: 72.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 1.1%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.2 minutes
Here: | 9.0 |
North Carolina average: | 13.1 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Altamahaw-Ossipee, NC (based on Alamance County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 33,181 | 139 |
Mainline Protestant | 22,314 | 68 |
Black Protestant | 3,453 | 21 |
Catholic | 3,068 | 1 |
Other | 1,368 | 8 |
Orthodox | 109 | 2 |
None | 87,638 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Alamance County: | 1.59 / 10,000 pop. |
North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Alamance County: | 0.97 / 10,000 pop. |
North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Alamance County: | 5.25 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 9.9% |
North Carolina: | 9.8% |
Alamance County: | 28.8% |
North Carolina: | 28.3% |
This county: | 16.3% |
State: | 15.6% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Altamahaw-Ossipee:
- WSML (1200 AM; 10 kW; GRAHAM, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- WPCM (920 AM; 5 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WBAG (1150 AM; 1 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WWBG (1470 AM; 10 kW; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING COPORATION)
- WDNC (620 AM; 5 kW; DURHAM, NC)
- WCOG (1320 AM; 5 kW; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRTP (1530 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
- WRBZ (850 AM; 10 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: ALCHEMY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #1)
- WDVA (1250 AM; 5 kW; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: MITCHELL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WYNC (1540 AM; daytime; 2 kW; YANCEYVILLE, NC; Owner: SEMORA BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Altamahaw-Ossipee:
- WKXU (101.1 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WOZN (98.7 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WVBZ (100.3 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJMH (102.1 FM; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WQMG-FM (97.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WRSN (93.9 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WUNC (91.5 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
- WMQX-FM (93.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
- WSOE (89.3 FM; ELON COLLEGE, NC; Owner: ELON COLLEGE)
- WKRR (92.3 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
- WGBT (94.5 FM; EDEN, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WDCG (105.1 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W243AL (96.5 FM; BROWNS SUMMIT, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WNAA (90.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: NC AGRICULTURAL & TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WFDD (88.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY)
- WKZL (107.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
- WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WTQR (104.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WUAG (103.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: U. OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO)
TV broadcast stations around Altamahaw-Ossipee:
- WGPX (Channel 16; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: PAXSON GREENSBORO LICENSE, INC.)
- WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
- WUPN-TV (Channel 48; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WUPN LICENSEE, LLC)
- WXLV-TV (Channel 45; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WXLV LICENSEE, LLC)
- WTWB-TV (Channel 20; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: WTWB OF THE TRIAD, LLC)
- WLXI-TV (Channel 61; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
- WUNC-TV (Channel 4; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WGHP (Channel 8; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: WGHP LICENSE, INC.)
- WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
- WDRL-TV (Channel 24; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: DANVILLE TELEVISION PARTNERSHIP)
- WXIV-LP (Channel 14; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA BLUE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
Altamahaw-Ossipee fatal accident list:
Jul 18, 2013 02:22 AM, Altamahaw Union Ridge Rd, Lat: 36.183006, Lon: -79.497625, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2
Oct 11, 2013 07:45 PM, Sr-87, Sr-1668, Lat: 36.157653, Lon: -79.503519, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 2
Aug 14, 2010 09:00 PM, Sr-87, Lat: 36.162781, Lon: -79.509033, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunk persons involved: 1
Nov 18, 2010 07:07 PM, Sr-87, Lat: 36.205533, Lon: -79.508872, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Oct 26, 2000 03:10 PM, Sr-87, Lat: 36.188493, Lon: -79.511778, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
- 35.6%Electricity
- 35.1%Utility gas
- 19.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 8.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.7%Wood
- 27.6%Utility gas
- 23.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 17.1%Electricity
- 17.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 14.5%Wood
Altamahaw-Ossipee compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.