Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: |  32.9% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: | 23.1% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Fairmont compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly 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 below state average.
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Banks with branches in Fairmont (2007 data):
- First Bank: Fairmont Branch at 301 South Main Street, branch established on 1934-01-02. Info updated 2007-01-25: Bank assets: $2,136.8 mil, Deposits: $1,699.7 mil, headquarters in Troy, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 67 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancorp
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Fairmont Main Branch at 104 West Thompson Street, branch established on 1963-01-15. 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
- Lumbee Guaranty Bank: Fairmont Branch at 301 North Walnut Street, branch established on 1991-06-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $194.5 mil, Deposits: $164.3 mil, headquarters in Pembroke, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Solid Waste Management |
5 | $9,445 | $22,668 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
4 | $6,387 | $19,161 | 2 | $666 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $768 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $6,241 | $24,964 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
3 | $5,588 | $22,352 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,289 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $5,358 | $32,148 | 2 | $1,118 |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $6,489 | $25,956 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
3 | $9,119 | $36,476 | 7 | $925 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
13 | $28,603 | $26,403 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
36 | $77,231 | $25,744 | 14 | $4,767 |
Fairmont government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $405,000
Solid Waste Management: $209,000
All Other: $1,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $25,000
Solid Waste Management: $9,000
Central Staff Services: $4,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $680,000
Sewerage: $426,000
Liquor Stores: $372,000
Solid Waste Management: $245,000
Water Utilities: $183,000
General - Other: $145,000
Parks & Recreation: $125,000
Housing & Community Development: $113,000
Regular Highways: $95,000
Central Staff Services: $79,000
Financial Administration: $61,000
General Public Buildings: $50,000
Fire Protection: $38,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $10,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $108,000
Housing & Community Development: $14,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Health: $3,000
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $3,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $337,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $64,000
Rents: $30,000
Interest Earnings: $24,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $8,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,038,000
- Revenue - Liquor Stores: $469,000
Water Utilities: $174,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $3,000,000
Beginning: $3,000,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $123,000
Highways: $107,000
All Other: $43,000
- Tax - Property: $472,000
NEC: $9,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,040,000
4.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,268 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.28% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($277 average AGI)| Robeson County: | 0.08% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,142 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.58% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($457 average AGI)| Robeson County: | 0.08% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Fairmont:
- WFMO (860 AM; 1 kW; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WKKE (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: FERRIS YARNELL LOCKLEAR)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WTSB (580 AM; 1 kW; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: LUMBERTON CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WYRU (1160 AM; 5 kW; RED SPRINGS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WAGR (1340 AM; 1 kW; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WAGR BROADCASTING, INC)
- WJAY (1280 AM; 4 kW; MULLINS, SC; Owner: THE GREATER HWY CHURCH OF CHRIST)
- WENC (1220 AM; 5 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: DHA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTAB (1370 AM; 5 kW; TABOR CITY, NC; Owner: WTAB, INC)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WEEB (990 AM; 10 kW; SOUTHERN PINES, NC; Owner: PINEHURST BROADCASTING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fairmont:
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WFLB (96.5 FM; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: WFLB LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WUKS (107.7 FM; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WFNC-FM (102.3 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WZFX (99.1 FM; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSTS (100.9 FM; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WQSM (98.1 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WQSD (107.1 FM; BRIARCLIFF ACRES, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF MYRTLE BEACH LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WCMG (94.3 FM; LATTA, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WHMC-FM (90.1 FM; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
TV broadcast stations around Fairmont:
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WLPS-LP (Channel 7; LUMBERTON/PEMBROKE, NC; Owner: BILLY RAY LOCKLEAR)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- W67DU (Channel 67; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WPEM-LP (Channel 47; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: GERALD LOCKLEAR)
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WFPX (Channel 62; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- W19CA (Channel 19; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WFXB (Channel 43; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
- WHMC (Channel 23; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
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