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Wilkes County

Population in July 2007: 2,085.
Males: 1,065  (51.1%)
Females: 1,020  (48.9%)
Median resident age:  38.3 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 28659.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $28,200 (it was $27,017 in 2000)
Cricket  $28,200
North Carolina:  $44,670

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $95,200 (it was $76,400 in 2000)
Cricket  $95,200
North Carolina:  $145,700

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Races in Cricket:

  • White Non-Hispanic (86.3%)
  • Hispanic (12.8%)
  • Other race (6.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Cricket: 79.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (29.3%), English (7.7%), Irish (5.8%), German (5.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%), Dutch (1.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1200 feet

Land area: 3.99 square miles.

Population density: 523 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Cricket

  • High school or higher: 53.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
  • Unemployed: 3.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cricket CDP

  • Never married: 20.0%
  • Now married: 62.6%
  • Separated: 2.8%
  • Widowed: 7.0%
  • Divorced: 7.7%

217 residents are foreign born (10.3% Latin America).

This place:  10.6%
North Carolina:  5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

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

Cricket:  0.5% ($395)
North Carolina:  0.8% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Gastonia, NC (62.8 miles , pop. 66,277).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (70.4 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (492.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Wilkesboro, NC (2.0 miles ), Fairplains, NC (2.8 miles ), North Wilkesboro, NC (2.9 miles ), Moravian Falls, NC (4.0 miles ), Millers Creek, NC (4.2 miles ), Mulberry, NC (4.6 miles ), Hays, NC (7.6 miles ), Taylorsville, NC (17.0 miles ).

Latitude: 36.16 N, Longitude: 81.18 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 336

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Most common industries for males:



  • Furniture and related products (13%)
  • Food (10%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Apparel (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (14%)
  • Food (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (7%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)
  • Apparel (6%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Carpenters (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (12%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Personal appearance workers (4%)


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Cricket-area historical tornado activity is below North Carolina state average. It is 36% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/7/1998, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 22.3 miles away from the Cricket place center injured 2 people and caused $1 million in damages.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 tornado 37.2 miles away from the place center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Cricket:
  • WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC)
  • ASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; JEFFERSON, NC)
  • ALLEGHANY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; SPARTA, NC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cricket:
  • HICKORY REGIONAL (about 33 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: HKY)
  • SMITH REYNOLDS (about 67 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; ID: INT)
  • CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 69 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; ID: CLT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cricket:
  • WILKES COUNTY (about 8 miles; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; ID: UKF)
  • SWAN CREEK (about 23 miles; JONESVILLE, NC; ID: 78A)
  • ASHE COUNTY (about 24 miles; JEFFERSON, NC; ID: GEV)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cricket:
  • CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles; HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
  • APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
  • GASTON COLLEGE (about 57 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,473)
  • ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
  • FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 63 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 67 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)

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Churches in Cricket include: Union Church (A), Welcome Home Church (B), Cricket Church (C), Friendship Methodist Church (D), Harmony Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Union Tarheel Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

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

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.4 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  67.5%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.5%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  13.4%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  9.2%
Whole state:  5.5%

Cricket compared to North Carolina state average:

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  • 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.
  • 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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2004 Presidential Election results in Wilkes County North Carolina:




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4.08% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,632 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.08%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

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 Surry County, NC  0.32% ($24,720 average AGI)
from Yadkin County, NC  0.23% ($18,698)
from Ashe County, NC  0.20% ($34,255)


4.27% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,005 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.27%
North Carolina average:  7.27%

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 Surry County, NC  0.35% ($41,651 average AGI)
to Iredell County, NC  0.31% ($48,181)
to Yadkin County, NC  0.30% ($23,944)


Strongest AM radio stations in Cricket:
  • WWWC (1240 AM; 1 kW; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS MEDIA, INC.)
  • WKBC (800 AM; 1 kW; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC)
  • WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKSK (580 AM; 5 kW; W.JEFFERSON, NC; Owner: CADDELL BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WXIT (1200 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLOWING ROCK, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCXN (1170 AM; daytime; 8 kW; CLAREMONT, NC; Owner: WCXN, INC.)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
  • WKGX (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WACB (860 AM; 1 kW; TAYLORSVILLE, NC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cricket:
  • WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • W267AN (101.3 FM; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC.)
  • WSIF (90.9 FM; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WBRF (98.1 FM; GALAX, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE RADIO, INC.)
  • W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
  • W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • W285DG (104.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
  • W225AA (92.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WFMX (105.7 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WIFM-FM (100.9 FM; ELKIN, NC; Owner: VON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WVTR (91.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
  • WKVS (103.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
  • WTHZ (94.1 FM; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: DAVIDSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CO, INC)
  • WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WFHE (90.3 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Cricket:
  • WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
  • WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
  • WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
  • WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)




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