Clintwood, Virginia

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Population in July 2007: 1,503. Population change since 2000: -2.7%

Males: 709	(45.8%)
Females: 840	(54.2%)

Dickenson County

Median resident age:	46.5 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Zip codes: 24228.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $23,600 (it was $22,663 in 2000)

Clintwood	$23,600
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $88,200 (it was $74,000 in 2000)

Clintwood	$88,200
Virginia:	$212,300

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Races in Clintwood:

White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
American Indian (0.6%)
Hispanic (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Clintwood: 75.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (25.8%), Irish (7.6%), English (6.3%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%), German (3.0%), Scottish (1.2%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1894

Elevation: 1760 feet

Land area: 1.91 square miles.

Population density: 790 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Clintwood

High school or higher: 61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
Unemployed: 10.8%
Mean travel time to work: 22.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Clintwood town

Never married: 20.3%
Now married: 48.0%
Separated: 3.8%
Widowed: 17.5%
Divorced: 10.3%

11 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.7%
Virginia:	8.1%

According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Clintwood, Virginia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Clintwood to the number of sex offenders is 251 to 1.

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

Clintwood:	0.5% ($383)
Virginia:	0.9% ($1,143)

Clintwood satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Johnson City, TN (56.6 miles , pop. 55,469).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (152.7 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (483.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Clinchco, VA (6.7 miles ), Ashcamp, KY (7.6 miles ), Pound, VA (10.5 miles ), Hellier, KY (11.6 miles ), Haysi, VA (11.8 miles) , Jenkins, KY (12.2 miles ), Dorton, KY (12.3 miles ), Elkhorn City, KY (13.0 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 0 buildings
2005: 0 buildings
2006: 0 buildings
2007: 2 buildings, average cost: $116,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 37.15 N, Longitude: 82.46 W

People in group quarters in Clintwood

89 people in nursing homes
43 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Area code: 276

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Population change in the 1990s: +12 (+0.8%).

Most common industries for males:

Mining (18%)
Public administration (16%)
Educational services (10%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Construction (7%)
Health care (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (15%)
Public administration (14%)
Health care (10%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Law enforcement workers including supervisors (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Extraction workers (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Cashiers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Cashiers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)

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Crime in Clintwood by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	1	0	1	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	62.7	0.0	65.4	0.0	0.0
Robberies	1	0	0	1	0	0
per 100,000	63.6	0.0	0.0	65.4	0.0	0.0
Assaults	0	0	0	0	2	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	130.5	0.0
Burglaries	1	1	8	26	10	18
per 100,000	63.6	62.7	518.1	1700.5	652.3	1174.2
Thefts	22	27	27	16	29	31
per 100,000	1398.6	1691.7	1748.7	1046.4	1891.7	2022.2
Auto thefts	0	0	1	0	0	5
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	64.8	0.0	0.0	326.2
Arson	0	0	0	0	1	1
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	65.2	65.2
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 213.2)	79.5	122.2	111.4	232.8	147.4	189.2

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.99
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Clintwood, Virginia

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Clintwood, Virginia average temperatures

Clintwood, Virginia average precipitation

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Hospital/medical center in Clintwood:

DICKENSON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (PO BOX 1390 HOSPITAL DRIVE)

Other hospitals/medical centers near Clintwood:

JENKINS COMMUNITY HOSP (about 14 miles; JENKINS, KY)
NORTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; NORTON, VA)
ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; NORTON, VA)

Political contributions by individuals in Clintwood, VA

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Clintwood:

TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 48 miles; BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
TRI-STATE/MILTON J. FERGUSON FIELD (about 84 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; ID: HTS)
RALEIGH COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 103 miles; BECKLEY, WV; ID: BKW)

Other public-use airports nearest to Clintwood:

LONESOME PINE (about 13 miles; WISE, VA; ID: LNP)
GRUNDY MUNI (about 24 miles; GRUNDY, VA; ID: GDY)
PIKE COUNTY-HATCHER FIELD (about 29 miles; PIKEVILLE, KY; ID: PBX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Clintwood:

NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,729)
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 87 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 87 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (about 88 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; FT enrollment: 12,361)

Public high school in Clintwood:

Clintwood High School (Students: 346; Location: STATE ROUTE 83; Grades: 9 - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Clintwood:

Clintwood Elementary School (Students: 392; Location: RT 607; Grades: PK - 8)
Longs Fork Elementary School (Students: 345; Location: STATE ROUTE 72; Grades: PK - 8)

User submitted facts and corrections:

Dickenson County Medical Center closed December 2002. Dickenson Community Hospital opened November 2003. Address: 1 Hospital Drive, PO Box 1440, Clintwood, VA 24228 Link to hospital website: http://www.dchosp.com. Please make this correction.

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Notable location: Dickenson County Courthouse (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in Clintwood: Valley View Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Rock Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Ralph Stanley Museum (249 Old Clintwood Highway).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Clintwood and their reported violations in the past:

CLINTWOOD, TOWN OF (Population served: 4227, Purch_surface_water):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-04-2004), St Public Notif requested (OCT-04-2004), St Compliance achieved (OCT-29-2004), St Public Notif received (OCT-29-2004)

Past monitoring violations:

One minor monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:

This town:	2.1 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	63.5%
Whole state:	68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	2.8%
Whole state:	4.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	21.6%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	7.2%
Whole state:	4.3%

Clintwood compared to Virginia state average:

Clintwood, Virginia environmental map by EPA

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Median household income below state average.
Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
Number of college students 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 Clintwood (2007 data):

Farmers and Miners Bank: West Clintwood Branch at 913 West Main Street, branch established on 2000-10-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $117.9 mil, Deposits: $104.3 mil, headquarters in Pennington Gap, VA, positive income, 6 total offices
Branch Banking and Trust Company: Clintwood Branch at 730 Chase Street, branch established on 1986-07-25. Info updated 2007-01-23: Bank assets: $117,134.1 mil, Deposits: $83,585.1 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1480 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
First Community Bank, National Association: Clintwood Branch at Chase And Alley Streets, branch established on 1997-07-25. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,023.1 mil, Deposits: $1,394.8 mil, headquarters in Bluefield, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 53 total offices, Holding Company: First Community Bancshares, Inc.
New Peoples Bank, Inc.: Clintwood Office Branch at Rte 83 Colley Shopping Center, branch established on 2002-05-16. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $635.1 mil, Deposits: $577.3 mil, headquarters in Honaker, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 24 total offices, Holding Company: New Peoples Bankshares, Inc.
Wachovia Bank, National Association: Clintwood Branch at 80 Main Street, branch established on 1940-07-09. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $518,123.0 mil, Deposits: $353,234.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3191 total offices, Holding Company: Wachovia Corporation

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Clintwood mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Dickenson County Virginia:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	3	$4,922	$19,688	1	$1,072
Police Protection - Officers	3	$6,815	$27,260	1	$542
Streets and Highways	2	$4,200	$25,200	0	$0
Solid Waste Management	4	$5,559	$16,677	0	$0
Water Supply	4	$7,904	$23,712	1	$992
Other and Unallocable	0	$0		1	$374
Totals for Government	16	$29,400	$22,050	4	$2,980

3.96% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,878 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.96%
Virginia average:	11.06%

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

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

from Wise County, VA	1.03% ($29,128 average AGI)
from Buchanan County, VA	0.35% ($30,125)
from Russell County, VA	0.33% ($25,733)

4.92% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,648 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.92%
Virginia average:	10.78%

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 Wise County, VA	1.41% ($25,492 average AGI)
to Buchanan County, VA	0.37% ($26,882)
to Russell County, VA	0.30% ($35,643)

Strongest AM radio stations in Clintwood:

WDIC (1430 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WBPA (1460 AM; 5 kW; ELKHORN CITY, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP)
WNVA (1350 AM; 5 kW; NORTON, VA; Owner: RADIO-WISE, INC.)
WLSI (900 AM; 5 kW; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WEZC (1480 AM; daytime; 5 kW; NEON, KY; Owner: JESUS COMMUNICATION ILNC.)
WTCW (920 AM; 4 kW; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WNRG (940 AM; 5 kW; GRUNDY, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA-KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CO., INC)
WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WKVG (1000 AM; daytime; 1 kW; JENKINS, KY; Owner: MARTINS & ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WPWT (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
WXLZ (1140 AM; daytime; 3 kW; ST. PAUL, VA; Owner: YEARY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Clintwood:

W212BP (90.3 FM; CLINTWOOD, VA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE)
WPKE-FM (103.1 FM; COAL RUN, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WDXC (102.3 FM; POUND, VA; Owner: WDXC RADIO, INC.)
WDIC-FM (92.1 FM; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WIFX-FM (94.3 FM; JENKINS, KY; Owner: LETCHER COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC)
WXKQ-FM (103.9 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
WMMT (88.7 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INCORPORATED)
WISE-FM (90.5 FM; WISE, VA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE)
WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WZLK (107.5 FM; VIRGIE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WNVA-FM (106.3 FM; NORTON, VA; Owner: RADIO WISE, INC.)
WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WDHR (93.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WXLR (104.9 FM; HAROLD, KY; Owner: ADAM D GEARHEART)
WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
WETS-FM (89.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
WXBQ-FM (96.9 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WCQR-FM (88.3 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Clintwood:

WKPI-TV (Channel 22; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WSBN-TV (Channel 47; NORTON, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)

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