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Population (year 2000): 1,751
Males: 789  (45.1%)
Females: 962  (54.9%)

Montgomery County

Median resident age:  39.9 years
Virginia median age:  35.7 years

Zip codes: 24060.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $24,600 (it was $21,462 in 2000)
Merrimac  $24,600
Virginia:  $54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $111,200 (it was $86,700 in 2000)
Merrimac  $111,200
Virginia:  $212,300

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Races in Merrimac:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.1%)
  • Black (1.9%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
  • American Indian (0.7%)
  • Other Asian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: English (17.0%), United States (13.3%), German (13.0%), Irish (8.6%), Scotch-Irish (4.5%), Dutch (2.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 2020 feet

Land area: 1.82 square miles.

Population density: 963 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Merrimac

  • High school or higher: 77.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 9.6%
  • Unemployed: 9.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 25.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Merrimac CDP

  • Never married: 22.9%
  • Now married: 47.4%
  • Separated: 3.3%
  • Widowed: 14.3%
  • Divorced: 12.0%

50 residents are foreign born (2.5% Asia, 0.4% Latin America).

This place:  2.9%
Virginia:  8.1%

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:

Merrimac:  0.6% ($480)
Virginia:  0.9% ($1,143)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Roanoke, VA (32.6 miles , pop. 94,911).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Greensboro, NC (87.4 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (411.3 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Blacksburg, VA (2.6 miles ), Christiansburg, VA (3.7 miles ), Fairlawn, VA (10.6 miles ), Radford, VA (11.1 miles ), Shawsville, VA (12.0 miles ), Elliston-Lafayette, VA (14.2 miles ), Pembroke, VA (17.2 miles ), Dublin, VA (19.1 miles ).

Latitude: 37.19 N, Longitude: 80.42 W


73 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
63 people in nursing homes

Area code commonly used in this area: 540

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Most common industries for males:



  • Educational services (21%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Metal and metal products (9%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
  • Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (20%)
  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Life, physical, and social science technicians (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)


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Merrimac-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 66% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/11/1976, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 25.6 miles away from the Merrimac place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/4/1974, a category 2 tornado 28.0 miles away from the place center caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Merrimac:
  • MONTGOMERY REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA)
  • CARILION RADFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; RADFORD, VA)
  • CARILION ST ALBANS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITA (about 12 miles; RADFORD, VA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Merrimac:
  • ROANOKE REGIONAL/WOODRUM FIELD (about 33 miles; ROANOKE, VA; ID: ROA)
  • GREENBRIER VALLEY (about 46 miles; LEWISBURG, WV; ID: LWB)
  • RALEIGH COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 63 miles; BECKLEY, WV; ID: BKW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Merrimac:
  • VIRGINIA TECH (about 2 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; ID: BCB)
  • NEW RIVER VALLEY (about 18 miles; DUBLIN, VA; ID: PSK)
  • TWIN COUNTY (about 41 miles; GALAX HILLSVILLE, VA; ID: HLX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Merrimac:
  • VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about 5 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 25,754)
  • RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT enrollment: 8,034)
  • NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 19 miles; DUBLIN, VA; FT enrollment: 2,262)
  • NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE (about 26 miles; SALEM, VA; FT enrollment: 2,382)
  • VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles; ROANOKE, VA; FT enrollment: 3,535)
  • CONCORD COLLEGE (about 44 miles; ATHENS, WV; FT enrollment: 2,723)
  • BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 56 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)

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Average household size:
This place:  1.8 people
Virginia:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  39.8%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.6%
Whole state:  4.7%

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

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  16.5%
Whole state:  9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  5.7%
Whole state:  4.3%

Merrimac compared to Virginia state average:
  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value 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.
  • Renting percentage above state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage above state average.


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11.54% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,204 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  11.54%
Virginia average:  11.06%

1.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($683 average AGI)
Montgomery County:  1.10%
Virginia average:  0.41%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Pulaski County, VA  0.71% ($27,654 average AGI)
from Radford city, VA  0.60% ($27,131)
from Roanoke County, VA  0.38% ($39,690)


11.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,606 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  11.58%
Virginia average:  10.78%

0.22% of residents moved to foreign countries ($200 average AGI)
Montgomery County:  0.22%
Virginia average:  0.22%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Pulaski County, VA  0.74% ($55,589 average AGI)
to Fairfax County, VA  0.56% ($27,753)
to Radford city, VA  0.49% ($23,385)


Strongest AM radio stations in Merrimac:
  • WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WKEX (1430 AM; 1 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: BASE COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WWVT (1260 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WRAD (1460 AM; 5 kW; RADFORD, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WPIN (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: DUBLIN RADIO)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WVBE (610 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WNRV (990 AM; 5 kW; NARROWS-PEARISBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
  • WTOY (1480 AM; 5 kW; SALEM, VA; Owner: WARD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKBA (1550 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VINTON, VA; Owner: TINKER CREEK BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WFIR (960 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Merrimac:
  • KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
  • W244AV (96.7 FM; BLACKSBURG, ETC., VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • W273AA (102.5 FM; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WFNR-FM (100.7 FM; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WBRW (105.3 FM; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WUVT-FM (90.7 FM; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: VIRG. POLYTECHNIC INST. & STATE UNIV)
  • WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
  • WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
  • WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • 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)
  • W279AC (103.7 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • W261AM (100.1 FM; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • W261AN (100.1 FM; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WJJS-FM (106.1 FM; VINTON, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBRF (98.1 FM; GALAX, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE RADIO, INC.)
  • WMGR-FM (104.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WXCF-FM (103.9 FM; CLIFTON FORGE, VA; Owner: IMPACT BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Merrimac:
  • WRKV-LP (Channel 65; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WBRA-TV (Channel 15; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WSLS-TV (Channel 10; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WPXR (Channel 38; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)

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