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Population (year 2000): 1,253
Males: 595  (47.5%)
Females: 658  (52.5%)

Lee County

Median resident age:  39.1 years
Virginia median age:  35.7 years

Zip codes: 24243.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $21,900 (it was $21,023 in 2000)
Dryden  $21,900
Virginia:  $54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $70,000 (it was $58,700 in 2000)
Dryden  $70,000
Virginia:  $212,300

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Races in Dryden:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.6%)
  • Black (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Dryden: 75.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (39.3%), German (10.1%), Irish (9.7%), English (4.5%), Scottish (1.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1440 feet

Land area: 7.12 square miles.

Population density: 176 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Dryden

  • High school or higher: 60.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.7%
  • Unemployed: 10.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Dryden CDP

  • Never married: 19.4%
  • Now married: 52.7%
  • Separated: 2.5%
  • Widowed: 13.5%
  • Divorced: 11.9%

0 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.0%
Virginia:  8.1%



According to our research there were 4 registered sex offenders living in Dryden, Virginia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Dryden to the number of sex offenders is 313 to 1.

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

Dryden:  0.7% ($421)
Virginia:  0.9% ($1,143)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Johnson City, TN (49.7 miles , pop. 55,469).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (137.4 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (478.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Pennington Gap, VA (6.0 miles ), Keokee, VA (6.1 miles ), St. Charles, VA (8.0 miles) , Duffield, VA (10.8 miles) , Upper Clover, KY (11.1 miles ), Benham, KY (13.1 miles ), Lynch, KY (13.2 miles ), Big Stone Gap, VA (13.3 miles ).

Latitude: 36.78 N, Longitude: 82.94 W


76 people in homes for the mentally retarded
49 people in nursing homes

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Most common industries for males:
  • Repair and maintenance (13%)
  • Mining (12%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (7%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Machinery (7%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (25%)
  • Educational services (20%)
  • U. S. Postal service (7%)
  • Personal and laundry services (7%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Mining (4%)
  • Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Extraction workers (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Registered nurses (13%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Accountants and auditors (4%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)


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Dryden-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 71% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/5/1955, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 21.5 miles away from the Dryden place center injured 6 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 7/6/1980, a category 2 tornado 25.0 miles away from the place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Dryden:
  • LEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; PENNINGTON GAP, VA)
  • WELMONT LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; BIG STONE GAP, VA)
  • NORTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; NORTON, VA)

Political contributions by individuals in Dryden, VA

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Dryden:
  • TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 44 miles; BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
  • ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 97 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; ID: AVL)
  • MC GHEE TYSON (about 99 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; ID: TYS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Dryden:
  • LEE COUNTY (about 21 miles; JONESVILLE, VA; ID: 0VG)
  • HAWKINS COUNTY (about 23 miles; ROGERSVILLE, TN; ID: RVN)
  • TUCKER-GUTHRIE MEMORIAL (about 29 miles; HARLAN, KY; ID: I35)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Dryden:
  • NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,729)
  • WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
  • EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
  • CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 60 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
  • SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 82 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 83 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
  • ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 86 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
Public elementary/middle school in Dryden:
Private elementary/middle school in Dryden:
  • POWELL VALLEY CHRIST SCH (Students: 6; Location: RR1 BOX 1015; Grades: KG - 7)

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

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

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

 

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

DRYDEN WATER AUTHORITY (Population served: 1852, Purch_surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-03-2000), St Public Notif requested (OCT-03-2000), St Public Notif received (NOV-01-2000)
Past monitoring violations:
  • One minor monitoring violation

Average household size:
This place:  2.5 people
Virginia:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  72.8%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.1%
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: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  22.3%
Whole state:  9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  11.8%
Whole state:  4.3%

Dryden compared to Virginia state average:

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  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly 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 above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage 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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2004 Presidential Election results in Lee County Virginia:


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4.77% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,791 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.77%
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  0.65% ($26,750 average AGI)
from Claiborne County, TN  0.27% ($25,889)
from Sullivan County, TN  0.25% ($24,353)


4.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,881 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.15%
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  0.49% ($25,545 average AGI)
to Claiborne County, TN  0.42% ($33,607)
to Scott County, VA  0.34% ($22,261)


Strongest AM radio stations in Dryden:
  • WSWV (1570 AM; 2 kW; PENNINGTON GAP, VA; Owner: IBS COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
  • WPWT (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WFSR (970 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPAY)
  • WDUF (1120 AM; daytime; 1 kW; DUFFIELD, VA; Owner: DUFFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WHGG (1090 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIO)
  • WTCW (920 AM; 4 kW; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
  • WNVA (1350 AM; 5 kW; NORTON, VA; Owner: RADIO-WISE, INC.)
  • WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCPM (1280 AM; 1 kW; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Dryden:
  • WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WIFX-FM (94.3 FM; JENKINS, KY; Owner: LETCHER COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WSWV-FM (105.5 FM; PENNINGTON GAP, VA; Owner: IBS COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • WXKQ-FM (103.9 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
  • WMMT (88.7 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INCORPORATED)
  • WJDT (106.5 FM; ROGERSVILLE, TN; Owner: C & S BROADCASTING)
  • WRZK (95.9 FM; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: MURRAY COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
  • WTUK (105.1 FM; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBGQ (100.7 FM; BULLS GAP, TN; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING)
  • WDXC (102.3 FM; POUND, VA; Owner: WDXC RADIO, INC.)
  • WEKH (90.9 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
  • WCSK (90.3 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: KINGSPORT CITY SCHOOLS BD. OF EDUC .)
  • WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
  • WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WPJO (99.3 FM; ELIZABETHTON, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WJNV (99.1 FM; JONESVILLE, VA; Owner: REGINA KAY MOORE)

TV broadcast stations around Dryden:
  • WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
  • W24BT (Channel 24; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WAPM-CA (Channel 9; LYNCH/BENHAM, KY; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W31BU (Channel 31; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W53BQ (Channel 53; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W69ED (Channel 69; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WKHA (Channel 35; HAZARD, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • WAGV (Channel 44; HARLAN, KY; Owner: LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WMEV-LP (Channel 4; PENNINGTON GAP, VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)

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