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Fancy Gap, Virginia

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Population in 2010: 237.
Population change since 2000: -8.8%
Males: 144  (60.9%)
Females: 93  (39.1%)
Median resident age:

44.6 years
Virginia median age:

35.1 years

Zip codes: 24328, 24343.

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Estimated median household income in 2022: $-656,152,696 (it was $22,250 in 2000)
Fancy Gap:  $-656,152,696
VA:  $85,873

Estimated per capita income in 2022: $28,852 (it was $16,997 in 2000)

Fancy Gap CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $-717,480,870 (it was $80,900 in 2000)
Fancy Gap:  $-717,480,870
VA:  $365,700

Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $162,919; detached houses: $162,129
March 2022 cost of living index in Fancy Gap: 83.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 0.0%
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The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Fancy Gap is 29 to 1.


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Ancestries: English (25.8%), United States (21.9%), Scotch-Irish (14.6%), German (9.2%), Swiss (4.2%), Irish (3.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 2920 feet

Land area: 4.05 square miles.

Population density: 59 people per square mile   (very low).

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6 residents are foreign born (2.3% Europe).

This place:

2.3%
Virginia:

8.1%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
Fancy Gap CDP:

0.6% ($478)
Virginia:

1.0% ($1,143)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Winston-Salem, NC (46.3 miles , pop. 185,776).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Greensboro, NC (63.8 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (379.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities:

Cana, VA (2.5 miles ),
Hillsville, VA (2.5 miles ),
Woodlawn, VA (2.7 miles ),
Galax, VA (3.5 miles ),
Toast, NC (3.5 miles ),
Mount Airy, NC (3.6 miles ),
Lowgap, NC (3.7 miles ),
Fries, VA (3.9 miles )

Latitude: 36.67 N, Longitude: 80.70 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 276

Fancy Gap satellite photo by USGS
Unemployment in December 2023:
Here:

3.4%
Virginia:

2.7%

Average climate in Fancy Gap, Virginia

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Fancy Gap, Virginia average temperatures Fancy Gap, Virginia average precipitation Fancy Gap, Virginia humidity Fancy Gap, Virginia wind speed Fancy Gap, Virginia snowfall Fancy Gap, Virginia sunshine Fancy Gap, Virginia clear and cloudy days

Tornado activity:

Fancy Gap-area historical tornado activity is below Virginia state average. It is 56% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/21/1977, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 10.3 miles away from the Fancy Gap place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 3/20/1998, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 44.2 miles away from the place center killed 2 people and injured 27 people and caused $34 million in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Fancy Gap-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 17% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 174.6 miles away from the city center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 25.6 miles away from Fancy Gap center
On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK) earthquake occurred 207.3 miles away from the city center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 76.7 miles away from the city center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB) earthquake occurred 78.1 miles away from the city center
On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG) earthquake occurred 218.2 miles away from Fancy Gap center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Carroll County (11) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 3

Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 5, Floods: 4, Hurricanes: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals and medical centers near Fancy Gap:

  • LIBERTY HOME CARE (Home Health Center, about 5 miles away; CANA, VA)
  • MOUNTAIN VALLEY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE (Hospital, about 7 miles away; HILLSVILLE, VA)
  • TRINITY MISSION HEALTH AND REHAB OF HILLSVILLE (Nursing Home, about 7 miles away; HILLSVILLE, VA)
  • BLUE RIDGE HOME HEALTH CARE (Home Health Center, about 10 miles away; GALAX, VA)
  • BMA - TWIN COUNTY (Dialysis Facility, about 11 miles away; GALAX, VA)
  • SOUTHWEST VA HOME HEALTH CARE (Home Health Center, about 11 miles away; GALAX, VA)
  • GOLDEN LIVINGCENTER - SURRY COMMUNITY (Nursing Home, about 12 miles away; MOUNT AIRY, NC)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fancy Gap:

  • Surry Community College (about 20 miles; Dobson, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,686)
  • Wytheville Community College (about 29 miles; Wytheville, VA; FT enrollment: 2,193)
  • New River Community College (about 31 miles; Dublin, VA; FT enrollment: 3,007)
  • Radford University (about 34 miles; Radford, VA; FT enrollment: 9,426)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (about 42 miles; Blacksburg, VA; FT enrollment: 30,984)
  • Wake Forest University (about 44 miles; Winston Salem, NC; FT enrollment: 6,407)
  • Wilkes Community College (about 46 miles; Wilkesboro, NC; FT enrollment: 2,292)

Public elementary/middle school in Fancy Gap:

  • FANCY GAP ELEM (Students: 149, Location: 63 WINDING RIDGE RD, Grades: PK-5)
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Cemeteries: Melton Cemetery (1), Jack Allen Cemetery (2), Hill Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Hotels: Grassy Creek Cabooses (278 Caboose Lane), Days Inn Fancy Gap VA (142 Kelly Road), Fancy Gap-Days Inn (RR 1 Box 44AAA), Cascade Mountain Inn (96 Cascade Trail), Cabins of Beano Hills (1271 Reedside Drive).

Carroll County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential

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

CHALET HIGH, INC (Population served: 340, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2011, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-14-2011), St Public Notif requested (NOV-22-2011), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-22-2011), St Public Notif received (DEC-02-2011)
CASCADE MOUNTAIN RESORT (Population served: 145, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2011, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-16-2011), St Public Notif received (NOV-21-2011), St Public Notif requested (NOV-22-2011), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-22-2011)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2009, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-27-2009), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-27-2009), St Compliance achieved (NOV-03-2009), St Public Notif received (NOV-10-2009)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-2009, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-22-2009), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-22-2009), St Public Notif received (JUL-01-2009), St Compliance achieved (JUL-07-2009)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-2008, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-11-2008), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-11-2008), St Public Notif received (DEC-17-2008), St Compliance achieved (JAN-05-2009)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2008, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-19-2008), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-19-2008), St Public Notif received (DEC-11-2008), St Compliance achieved (JAN-05-2009)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2008, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-18-2008), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-18-2008), St Public Notif received (JUL-28-2008), St Compliance achieved (AUG-28-2008)
  • 2 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In NOV-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (MAY-02-2005), St Public Notif requested (DEC-14-2005), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-14-2005), St Compliance achieved (MAY-03-2007)
  • One minor monitoring violation
UTTS CAMPGROUND (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
Average household size:
This place:

2.4 people
Virginia:

2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:

67.3%
Whole state:

67.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:

3.0%
Whole state:

5.7%


No gay or lesbian households reported

For population 15 years and over in Fancy Gap:

  • Never married: 100.0%
  • Now married: 0.0%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 0.0%
  • Divorced: 0.0%

For population 25 years and over in Fancy Gap:

  • High school or higher: 100.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 0.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
  • Unemployed: 10.5%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.6 minutes
Educational Attainment in 2022
School Enrollment by Level of School in 2022
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
Here:

0.0
Virginia average:

12.1

Presidential Elections Results

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Religion statistics for Fancy Gap, VA (based on Carroll County data)

Religions Adherents in 2010
Religions Adherents - Change between 2000 and 2010
ReligionAdherentsCongregations
Evangelical Protestant7,02044
Mainline Protestant3,19228
Catholic2571
Other1-
Black Protestant-1
None19,572-
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Graphs represent county-level data

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 2
This county:

0.69 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

2.03 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1
Carroll County:

0.34 / 10,000 pop.
State:

1.43 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 30
Carroll County:

10.30 / 10,000 pop.
State:

4.03 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 12
Carroll County:

4.12 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

7.65 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:

10.0%
Virginia:

9.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Carroll County:

31.7%
Virginia:

26.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:

20.1%
State:

18.6%

Health and Nutrition:

Healthy diet rate:
Fancy Gap:

31.9%
Virginia:

50.6%

Average overall health of teeth and gums:
This city:

33.3%
State:

48.6%

Average BMI:
This city:

30.2
State:

28.6

People not drinking alcohol at all:
Here:

13.3%
State:

10.5%

Average hours sleeping at night:
Fancy Gap:

6.8
State:

6.8

Overweight people:
Fancy Gap:

27.8%
State:

33.5%

General health condition:
This city:

50.0%
Virginia:

57.4%

Average condition of hearing:
This city:

85.6%
Virginia:

80.5%

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Businesses in Fancy Gap, VA

  • Days Inn: 1
  • Subway: 1

Strongest AM radio stations in Fancy Gap:

  • WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
  • WSYD (1300 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: GRANITE CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WWWJ (1360 AM; 5 kW; GALAX, VA; Owner: TWIN COUNTY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WHHV (1400 AM; 1 kW; HILLSVILLE, VA; Owner: NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WHEO (1270 AM; 5 kW; STUART, VA; Owner: MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WSGH (1040 AM; 9 kW; LEWISVILLE, NC; Owner: WINSTON-SALEM, GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT AREA RADIO)
  • WPIN (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: DUBLIN RADIO)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WSJS (600 AM; 5 kW; WINSTON-SALEM, NC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Fancy Gap:

  • WBRF (98.1 FM; GALAX, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE RADIO, INC.)
  • WTQR (104.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WPIN-FM (91.5 FM; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WPSK-FM (107.1 FM; PULASKI, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • W285DJ (104.9 FM; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC,)
  • KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WVTR (91.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
  • W276BA (103.1 FM; FANCY GAP, VA; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC.)
  • WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
  • W267AN (101.3 FM; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC.)
  • WHAJ (104.5 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WMEV-FM (93.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WHKX (106.3 FM; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WKOY-FM (100.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WFNR-FM (100.7 FM; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Fancy Gap:

  • WXII-TV (Channel 12; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WXII HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • Fancy Gap, Virginia
  • Fatal accident count14
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents32
  • Fatal accidents involving drunk persons:3
  • Fatalities17
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents54
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents2
  • Virginia average
  • Fatal accident count7175
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents10546
  • Fatal accidents involving drunk persons2511
  • Fatalities7824
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents15944
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents801
See more detailed statistics of Fancy Gap fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2021 here
  • National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
  • 29Number of bridges
  • 226ft / 69.0mTotal length
  • $6,332,000Total costs
  • 170,781Total average daily traffic
  • 33,917Total average daily truck traffic
New bridges in Fancy Gap, VA - historical statistics
  • New bridges - historical statistics
  • 11930-1939
  • 21940-1949
  • 11950-1959
  • 41960-1969
  • 151970-1979
  • 11980-1989
  • 31990-1999
  • 12000-2009
  • 12020-2022
See full National Bridge Inventory statistics for Fancy Gap, VA
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Fancy Gap)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 18 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Fancy Gap, VA)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 15 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 22 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Fancy Gap)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

    Fire incident distribution by year Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 15. The highest number of fire incidents - 31 took place in 2002, and the least - 4 in 2004. The data has a declining trend.
    Fire incident types in Fancy Gap, VA When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (42.9%), and Outside Fires (31.7%).

    • Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fancy Gap, VA
    • 10842.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
    • 8031.7%Outside Fires
    • 4618.3%Structure Fires
    • 187.1%Other
See full National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Fancy Gap, VA
Most common first names in Fancy Gap, VA among deceased individuals
NameCountLived (average)
James2075.0 years
William1777.7 years
Mary1476.6 years
John1377.6 years
Robert1173.7 years
David980.1 years
Richard870.0 years
Virginia784.6 years
George570.4 years
Rufus576.6 years
Most common last names in Fancy Gap, VA among deceased individuals
Last nameCountLived (average)
Felts2177.1 years
Horton2078.9 years
Hawks1978.5 years
Bunn1681.0 years
Beamer1277.3 years
Webb1279.1 years
Tate1177.4 years
Guynn1180.6 years
Davis1068.8 years
Hill1074.9 years
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Fancy Gap, VA
  • 100.0%Electricity


Fancy Gap compared to Virginia state average:

  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below 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 significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
There is 1 pilot and no other airmen in this city.
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