Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: |  7.1% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: | 3.1% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Drexel compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Burke County North Carolina:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,052 | $24,624 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,821 | $33,852 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
2 | $5,515 | $33,090 | 1 | $1,220 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $3,777 | $45,324 | 0 | $0 |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,345 | $40,140 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $9,429 | $56,574 | 5 | $1,087 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
5 | $14,010 | $33,624 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $193 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $3,826 | $22,956 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $1,862 | $22,344 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
16 | $46,638 | $34,979 | 7 | $2,500 |
Drexel government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $262,000
All Other: $2,000
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $1,566,000
Sewerage: $253,000
Police Protection: $241,000
Regular Highways: $237,000
Water Utilities: $109,000
Parks & Recreation: $82,000
Central Staff Services: $62,000
General - Other: $41,000
Solid Waste Management: $39,000
Fire Protection: $30,000
General Public Buildings: $21,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $4,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $15,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $228,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $251,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $240,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $11,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $84,000
Rents: $62,000
Special Assessments: $10,000
General Revenue, NEC: $9,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $21,000
Regular Highways: $18,000
Water Utilities: $12,000
Electric Utilities: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,848,000
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,693,000
Water Utilities: $112,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $70,000
General Support: $58,000
All Other: $4,000
- Tax - Property: $337,000
NEC: $13,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $722,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0
5.33% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,096 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.33% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($106 average AGI)| Burke County: | 0.04% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.36% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,730 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.36% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Drexel:
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WSVM (1490 AM; 1 kW; VALDESE, NC; Owner: GHB OF WAXHAW, INC.)
- WCIS (760 AM; daytime; 4 kW; MORGANTON, NC; Owner: W.F.M. INCORPORATED)
- WKGX (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WMNC (1430 AM; 3 kW; MORGANTON, NC; Owner: COOPER BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WXIT (1200 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLOWING ROCK, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WWOL (780 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: HOLLY SPRINGS BAPTIST BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WJRI (1340 AM; 1 kW; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WLTC (1370 AM; 20 kW; GASTONIA, NC)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Drexel:
- W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
- W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WKVS (103.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WFHE (90.3 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WMNC-FM (92.1 FM; MORGANTON, NC; Owner: COOPER BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WAGI-FM (105.3 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: GAFFNEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
- WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
- W285DG (104.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W225AA (92.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
- WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WETS-FM (89.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WTPT (93.3 FM; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: UPSTATE BROADCASTING, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Drexel:
- WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
- WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
- WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
- WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
- WHKY-TV (Channel 14; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WUNE-TV (Channel 17; LINVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WTBL-LP (Channel 53; LENOIR, NC; Owner: SOUND MEDIA, INC.)
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