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Population (year 2000): 2,750
Males: 1,344  (48.9%)
Females: 1,406  (51.1%)

Alamance County

Median resident age:  37.1 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 27217.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $44,400 (it was $43,086 in 2000)
Glen Raven  $44,400
North Carolina:  $40,729

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $112,400 (it was $96,400 in 2000)
Glen Raven  $112,400
North Carolina:  $127,600

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Races in Glen Raven:

  • White Non-Hispanic (73.2%)
  • Black (18.5%)
  • Hispanic (6.4%)
  • Other race (2.9%)
  • American Indian (1.3%)
  • Two or more races (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Glen Raven: 86.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (26.9%), English (8.3%), German (7.1%), Irish (3.9%), Scottish (2.5%), Italian (2.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 675 feet

Land area: 4.05 square miles.

Population density: 679 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Glen Raven

  • High school or higher: 72.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.9%
  • Unemployed: 4.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Glen Raven CDP

  • Never married: 19.9%
  • Now married: 57.9%
  • Separated: 4.0%
  • Widowed: 8.7%
  • Divorced: 9.5%

152 residents are foreign born (4.3% Latin America, 1.3% Asia).

This place:  5.5%
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:

Glen Raven:  0.5% ($484)
North Carolina:  0.8% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greensboro, NC (24.1 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (400.4 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Burlington, NC (2.6 miles ), Elon College, NC (3.2 miles ), Gibsonville, NC (4.8 miles ), Altamahaw-Ossipee, NC (5.0 miles ), Graham, NC (6.2 miles ), Alamance, NC (6.3 miles ), Whitsett, NC (7.1 miles ), Haw River, NC (7.9 miles ).

Latitude: 36.12 N, Longitude: 79.47 W


11 people in homes for the mentally ill

Area code commonly used in this area: 336

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Most common industries for males:



  • Textile mills and textile products (12%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (16%)
  • Apparel (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
  • Computer and electronic products (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Business operations specialists (6%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (8%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)


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Glen Raven-area historical tornado activity is slightly below North Carolina state average. It is 16% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/23/1992, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.1 miles away from the Glen Raven place center killed 2 people and injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 3/20/1998, a category 3 tornado 35.6 miles away from the place center killed 2 people and injured 27 people and caused $34 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Glen Raven:
  • ALAMANCE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; BURLINGTON, NC)
  • ANNIE PENN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; REIDSVILLE, NC)
  • MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,THE (about 22 miles; GREENSBORO, NC)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Glen Raven:
  • PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 33 miles; GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
  • DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 33 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID: DAN)
  • RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (about 51 miles; RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC; ID: RDU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Glen Raven:
  • BURLINGTON-ALAMANCE RGNL (about 6 miles; BURLINGTON, NC; ID: BUY)
  • HURDLE FIELD (about 15 miles; MEBANE, NC; ID: 4W7)
  • KECKS (about 18 miles; JULIAN, NC; ID: N88)

Amtrak station near Glen Raven:
  • 3 miles: BURLINGTON (110 E. WEBB ST.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Glen Raven:
  • ELON COLLEGE (about 4 miles; ELON, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,993)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO (about 23 miles; GREENSBORO, NC; FT enrollment: 10,868)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (about 26 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; FT enrollment: 22,324)
  • GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles; JAMESTOWN, NC; FT enrollment: 4,810)
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 11,898)
  • NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 4,487)
  • NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV (about 39 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 6,970)

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Average household size:
This place:  2.6 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  72.8%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.3%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  11.5%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.2%
Whole state:  5.5%

Glen Raven compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage 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 Alamance County North Carolina:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.29% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,411 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.29%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($132 average AGI)
Alamance County:  0.05%
North Carolina average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Guilford County, NC  1.00% ($37,384 average AGI)
from Orange County, NC  0.77% ($34,930)
from Durham County, NC  0.31% ($51,130)


5.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,670 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.34%
North Carolina average:  7.27%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($287 average AGI)
Alamance County:  0.05%
North Carolina average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Guilford County, NC  1.13% ($35,034 average AGI)
to Orange County, NC  0.47% ($33,657)
to Wake County, NC  0.32% ($48,133)


Strongest AM radio stations in Glen Raven:
  • WSML (1200 AM; 10 kW; GRAHAM, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WPCM (920 AM; 5 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WBAG (1150 AM; 1 kW; BURLINGTON-GRAHAM, NC)
  • WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WWBG (1470 AM; 10 kW; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING COPORATION)
  • WDNC (620 AM; 5 kW; DURHAM, NC)
  • WRTP (1530 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WGSB (1060 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MEBANE, NC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WRBZ (850 AM; 10 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: ALCHEMY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #1)
  • WCOG (1320 AM; 5 kW; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WDVA (1250 AM; 5 kW; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: MITCHELL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Glen Raven:
  • WKXU (101.1 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WSOE (89.3 FM; ELON COLLEGE, NC; Owner: ELON COLLEGE)
  • WRSN (93.9 FM; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WUNC (91.5 FM; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
  • WMAG (99.5 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WOZN (98.7 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WVBZ (100.3 FM; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WQMG-FM (97.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WKRR (92.3 FM; ASHEBORO, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
  • WDCG (105.1 FM; DURHAM, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WJMH (102.1 FM; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WMQX-FM (93.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENSBORO LICENSE, LLC)
  • WGBT (94.5 FM; EDEN, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WNAA (90.1 FM; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: NC AGRICULTURAL & TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WFDD (88.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY)
  • WKZL (107.5 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: DICK BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. OF TENNESSEE)
  • W243AL (96.5 FM; BROWNS SUMMIT, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Glen Raven:
  • WFMY-TV (Channel 2; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WFMY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
  • WUPN-TV (Channel 48; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: WUPN LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WXLV-TV (Channel 45; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: WXLV LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WTWB-TV (Channel 20; LEXINGTON, NC; Owner: WTWB OF THE TRIAD, LLC)
  • WLXI-TV (Channel 61; GREENSBORO, NC; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
  • WGPX (Channel 16; BURLINGTON, NC; Owner: PAXSON GREENSBORO LICENSE, INC.)
  • WUNC-TV (Channel 4; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WGHP (Channel 8; HIGH POINT, NC; Owner: WGHP LICENSE, INC.)
  • WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
  • WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
  • WDRL-TV (Channel 24; DANVILLE, VA; Owner: DANVILLE TELEVISION PARTNERSHIP)
  • WXIV-LP (Channel 14; REIDSVILLE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA BLUE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

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