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Limestone County

Population in July 2007: 1,189. Population change since 2000: +8.5%
 

Males: 533  (44.9%)
Females: 656  (55.1%)
Median resident age:  36.6 years
Alabama median age:  35.8 years

Zip codes: 35739.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $35,300 (it was $28,352 in 2000)
Ardmore  $35,300
Alabama:  $40,554

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $86,700 (it was $64,800 in 2000)
Ardmore  $86,700
Alabama:  $115,600

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Races in Ardmore:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.6%)
  • Hispanic (1.7%)
  • Other race (1.2%)
  • Black (0.9%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)

2008 cost of living index in Ardmore: 80.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (33.7%), Irish (9.5%), English (7.9%), German (7.2%), Italian (1.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 883 feet

Land area: 2.04 square miles.

Population density: 583 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Ardmore

  • High school or higher: 59.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
  • Unemployed: 5.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 29.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Ardmore town

  • Never married: 19.5%
  • Now married: 49.9%
  • Separated: 1.1%
  • Widowed: 13.0%
  • Divorced: 16.5%

17 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.6%
Alabama:  2.0%



According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Ardmore, Alabama in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Ardmore to the number of sex offenders is 198 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Ardmore:  0.3% ($199)
Alabama:  0.3% ($289)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Huntsville, AL (25.5 miles , pop. 158,216).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Nashville-Davidson, TN (81.0 miles , pop. 545,524).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (477.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Ardmore, TN (1.3 miles ), Elkton, TN (6.5 miles ), Cash Point-Blanche, TN (7.2 miles ), Madison Crossroads, AL (9.7 miles ), Elkmont, AL (10.0 miles ), Harvest, AL (11.4 miles ), Prospect, TN (12.9 miles ), Boonshill, TN (14.2 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 7 buildings, average cost: $50,000
  • 1998: 7 buildings, average cost: $50,000
  • 1999: 8 buildings, average cost: $50,000
  • 2000: 7 buildings, average cost: $50,000
  • 2001: 7 buildings, average cost: $50,000
  • 2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $59,200
  • 2003: 3 buildings, average cost: $72,300
  • 2004: 1 building, cost: $70,000
  • 2005: 3 buildings, average cost: $123,300
  • 2006: 22 buildings, average cost: $121,200
  • 2007: 16 buildings, average cost: $121,200

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Latitude: 34.99 N, Longitude: 86.84 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 931

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Population change in the 1990s: -60 (-5.5%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (18%)
  • Metal and metal products (12%)
  • Transportation equipment (8%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Computer and electronic products (6%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Chemicals (3%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Computer and electronic products (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


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Crime in Ardmore by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Robberies 010010
    per 100,000 0.095.90.00.091.40.0
Assaults 021011
    per 100,000 0.0191.892.90.091.489.6
Burglaries 4987130
    per 100,000 385.4862.9742.8644.01188.30.0
Thefts 79934279
    per 100,000 674.4862.9835.73127.92468.0806.5
Auto thefts 321322
    per 100,000 289.0191.892.9276.0182.8179.2
Arson 1N/A0N/AN/AN/A
    per 100,000 96.3N/A0.0N/AN/AN/A
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 77.1177.4111.4192.3242.264.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 12 (8 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  6.73
US city average:  3.00

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Ardmore-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Alabama state average. It is 170% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 14.7 miles away from the Ardmore town center killed 28 people and injured 267 people.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 tornado 24.4 miles away from the town center killed 16 people and injured 190 people.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Ardmore:
  • ATHENS-LIMESTONE HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; ATHENS, AL)
  • HILLSIDE HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; PULASKI, TN)
  • LINCOLN REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; FAYETTEVILLE, TN)

Political contributions by individuals in Ardmore, AL

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ardmore:
  • HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FIELD (about 25 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; ID: HSV)
  • NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL (about 56 miles; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; ID: MSL)
  • SMYRNA (about 74 miles; SMYRNA, TN; ID: MQY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ardmore:
  • ARDMORE (about 4 miles; ARDMORE, AL; ID: 1M3)
  • HAZEL GREEN (about 16 miles; HAZEL GREEN, AL; ID: M38)
  • ABERNATHY FIELD (about 19 miles; PULASKI, TN; ID: GZS)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ardmore:
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (about 23 miles; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Full-time enrollment: 4,795)
  • ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; NORMAL, AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
  • JOHN C CALHOUN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; DECATUR, AL; FT enrollment: 4,547)
  • COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; COLUMBIA, TN; FT enrollment: 2,784)
  • MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles; Tullahoma, TN; FT enrollment: 2,256)
  • NORTHWEST SHOALS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MUSCLE SHOALS (about 57 miles; MUSCLE SHOALS, AL; FT enrollment: 2,669)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA (about 61 miles; FLORENCE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,770)
Public high school in Ardmore:
Public elementary/middle school in Ardmore:

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Hotels: Park Inn Motel (9235 Highway 53), Budget Inn (28555 Boyd Chapel Road).

Court: Municipal Court Clerk (26704 Main Street).

 

Average household size:
This town:  2.3 people
Alabama:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  60.2%
Whole state:  70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  3.5%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  17.9%
Whole state:  16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  5.0%
Whole state:  7.3%

Ardmore compared to Alabama state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Ardmore (2007 data):
  • First American Bank: Ardmore Branch at Ardmore Avenue And Sixth Street, branch established on 1991-10-20. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,999.1 mil, Deposits: $2,023.3 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 36 total offices, Holding Company: Alabama National Bancorporation



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Ardmore travel time to work
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2004 Presidential Election results in Limestone County Alabama:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

7.72% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,381 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.72%
Alabama average:  6.81%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($572 average AGI)
Limestone County:  0.07%
Alabama average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Madison County, AL  2.69% ($57,934 average AGI)
from Morgan County, AL  0.70% ($43,101)
from Giles County, TN  0.27% ($25,169)


5.63% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,660 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.63%
Alabama average:  6.16%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Madison County, AL  1.97% ($39,473 average AGI)
to Morgan County, AL  0.55% ($31,168)
to Giles County, TN  0.30% ($32,845)


Strongest AM radio stations in Ardmore:
  • WSLV (1110 AM; daytime; 3 kW; ARDMORE, TN; Owner: B & E BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
  • WVNN (770 AM; 10 kW; ATHENS, AL; Owner: ATHENS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WBXR (1140 AM; daytime; 15 kW; HAZEL GREEN, AL; Owner: LOW COUNTRY CORPORATION, INC.)
  • WDJL (1000 AM; daytime; 10 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: JAMES K. SHARP DBA 5TH AVE BROADCASTING)
  • WKAC (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ATHENS, AL; Owner: LIMESTONE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
  • WEUP (1600 AM; 10 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: HUNDLEY BATTS, SR. & VIRGINIA CAPLES)
  • WEUV (1700 AM; 10 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: HUNDLEY BATTS, SR & VIRGINIA CAPLES)
  • WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
  • WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Ardmore:
  • WZYP (104.3 FM; ATHENS, AL; Owner: ATHENS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • W278AA (103.5 FM; MADISON, AL; Owner: TENNESSEE VALLEY RADIO, INC.)
  • WAHR (99.1 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
  • WDRM (102.1 FM; DECATUR, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAYH (88.1 FM; HARVEST, AL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • W222AK (92.3 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: PRESS W. PARHAM)
  • W289AC (105.7 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WILLIAM PAXTON ROGERS)
  • W251AC (98.1 FM; CHAPSHAW, AL; Owner: WILLIAM PAXTON ROGERS)
  • WYFD (91.7 FM; DECATUR, AL; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WXQW (94.1 FM; MERIDIANVILLE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • W293AH (106.5 FM; NORMAL, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WRTT-FM (95.1 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
  • W249BB (97.7 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • W275AA (102.9 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: ARCHIE C. BOBO, PERSONAL REP. OF DORSEY E. NEWMAN ESTATE)
  • W300AH (107.9 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: PORTER L. BATTS)
  • W202BV (88.3 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WUSX (93.3 FM; TULLAHOMA, TN; Owner: TENNNESSE VALLEY RADIO, INC)
  • WYTM-FM (105.5 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, TN; Owner: TIME BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • W298AF (107.5 FM; HADEN, AL; Owner: HADEN RADIO COMPANY)
  • WRSA-FM (96.9 FM; DECATUR, AL; Owner: NCA, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Ardmore:
  • WTZT-LP (Channel 11; ATHENS, AL; Owner: WTZT-LP TELEVISION STATION, L.L.C.)
  • WAAY-TV (Channel 31; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF HUNTSVILLE LICENSE LLC)
  • WZDX (Channel 54; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: HUNTSVILLE TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
  • WHNT-TV (Channel 19; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)


Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)



Ardmore fatal accident list for 2002:
Nov 9, 2002 11:05 AM, Sr-53, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1


Ardmore fatal accident list for 1999:
Jul 10, 1999 07:19 AM, 5031, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1


Ardmore fatal accident list for 1995:
May 30, 1995 05:50 AM, 53, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


Ardmore fatal accident list for 1993:
May 3, 1993 05:29 AM, 31, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1


Ardmore fatal accident list for 1987:
Apr 24, 1987 04:36 AM, 1433, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1

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