Draper, Virginia

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Population in 2010: 320.
Males: 216  (67.8%)
Females: 104  (32.2%)
Median resident age:

55.7 years
Virginia median age:

39.0 years

Zip codes: 24301, 24324.

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Estimated median household income in 2022: $58,798
Draper:

$58,798
VA:

$85,873

Estimated per capita income in 2022: $34,862

Draper CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $195,549
Draper:

$195,549
VA:

$365,700

Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $157,857; detached houses: $158,417

Median gross rent in 2022: $825.

March 2022 cost of living index in Draper: 85.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 1.1%

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According to our research of Virginia and other state lists, there were 8 registered sex offenders living in Draper, Virginia as of May 23, 2024.
The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Draper is 45 to 1.


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Ancestries: American (47.6%), English (24.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 2144 feet

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Roanoke, VA (47.5 miles , pop. 94,911).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Greensboro, NC (82.2 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (367.0 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities:

Hiwassee, VA (1.8 miles ),
Pulaski, VA (1.8 miles ),
Allisonia, VA (2.2 miles),
Dublin, VA (2.8 miles ),
Snowville, VA (3.2 miles),
Fort Chiswell, VA (3.4 miles ),
Max Meadows, VA (3.4 miles ),
New River, VA (3.5 miles )

Latitude: 37.01 N, Longitude: 80.75 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 540

Distribution of median household income in Draper, VA in 2022
Distribution of house value in Draper, VA in 2022
Unemployment in December 2023:
Here:

2.6%
Virginia:

2.7%
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI Ozone
Air Quality Index

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2020 was 45.8. This is significantly better than average.

City:

45.8
U.S.:

72.6
Ozone Level

Ozone [ppb] level in 2020 was 38.8. This is about average. Closest monitor was 24.7 miles away from the city center.

City:

38.8
U.S.:

33.3

Tornado activity:

Draper-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 68% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/21/1977, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 22.6 miles away from the Draper place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 4/4/1974, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 51.8 miles away from the place center injured 12 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Draper-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 16% 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 166.5 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 41.4 miles away from the city 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 193.7 miles away from Draper 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 66.1 miles away from Draper center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB) earthquake occurred 68.5 miles away from Draper center
On 6/29/1996 at 19:30:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 67.5 miles away from Draper 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 Pulaski County (16) is near the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 12
Emergencies Declared: 3

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 6, Storms: 6, Winter Storms: 4, Hurricanes: 3, Ice Storms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Mudslide: 1, Snowfall: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).

Hospitals and medical centers near Draper:

  • ADVANCED HEALTH SERVICES (Home Health Center, about 4 miles away; PULASKI, VA)
  • MEDI HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE - PULASKI (Hospital, about 4 miles away; PULASKI, VA)
  • LEWISGALE HOSPITAL PULASKI Acute Care Hospitals (about 5 miles away; PULASKI, VA)
  • PULASKI HEALTH CARE CENTER (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; PULASKI, VA)
  • PULASKI HLTH AND REHAB CNTR (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; PULASKI, VA)
  • HIGHLAND RIDGE REHAB CENTER (Nursing Home, about 9 miles away; DUBLIN, VA)
  • SUNRISE CARE AND REHAB-NEW RIVER VALLEY (Nursing Home, about 9 miles away; DUBLIN, VA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Draper:

  • New River Community College (about 8 miles; Dublin, VA; Full-time enrollment: 3,007)
  • Radford University (about 15 miles; Radford, VA; FT enrollment: 9,426)
  • Wytheville Community College (about 19 miles; Wytheville, VA; FT enrollment: 2,193)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (about 24 miles; Blacksburg, VA; FT enrollment: 30,984)
  • Concord University (about 33 miles; Athens, WV; FT enrollment: 2,698)
  • Surry Community College (about 44 miles; Dobson, NC; FT enrollment: 2,686)
  • Roanoke College (about 44 miles; Salem, VA; FT enrollment: 2,316)

Points of interest:

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Churches in Draper include: Draper Slaughter Chapel (A), New Bethel Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Pulaski County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential

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

WILLOW TREE CAMPGROUND (Population served: 30, 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:

77.3%
Whole state:

67.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:

3.8%
Whole state:

5.7%


Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.8% of all households

For population 15 years and over in Draper:

Marital status in Draper, VA
  • Never married: 17.1%
  • Now married: 58.8%
  • Separated: 12.1%
  • Widowed: 1.0%
  • Divorced: 10.9%

For population 25 years and over in Draper:

  • High school or higher: 88.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Educational Attainment in 2022
School Enrollment by Level of School in 2022
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
Here:

7.5
Virginia average:

12.1

Presidential Elections Results

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Religion statistics for Draper, VA (based on Pulaski County data)

Religions Adherents in 2010
Religions Adherents - Change between 2000 and 2010
ReligionAdherentsCongregations
Evangelical Protestant9,06552
Mainline Protestant4,95834
Black Protestant1763
Catholic811
Other31
None20,589-
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: 7
Pulaski County:

2.00 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

2.03 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Pulaski County:

0.29 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

0.17 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3
This county:

0.86 / 10,000 pop.
Virginia:

1.43 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 22
Here:

6.29 / 10,000 pop.
State:

4.03 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 18
Pulaski County:

5.14 / 10,000 pop.
State:

7.65 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Pulaski County:

12.0%
Virginia:

9.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Pulaski County:

28.3%
Virginia:

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

19.2%
Virginia:

18.6%

Strongest AM radio stations in Draper:

  • WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WPIN (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: DUBLIN RADIO)
  • WBLB (1340 AM; 1 kW; PULASKI, VA; Owner: WBLB, INC)
  • WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WRAD (1460 AM; 5 kW; RADFORD, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
  • WNRV (990 AM; 5 kW; NARROWS-PEARISBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WWVT (1260 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WBDY (1190 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WSYD (1300 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: GRANITE CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WWWJ (1360 AM; 5 kW; GALAX, VA; Owner: TWIN COUNTY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WYVE (1280 AM; 2 kW; WYTHEVILLE, VA; Owner: THREE RIVERS MEDIA CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Draper:

  • 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)
  • KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
  • W249AL (97.7 FM; PULASKI, VA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WBRF (98.1 FM; GALAX, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE RADIO, INC.)
  • 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.)
  • WHAJ (104.5 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
  • WFNR-FM (100.7 FM; CHRISTIANSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WHKX (106.3 FM; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKOY-FM (100.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
  • WPIB (91.1 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WVTR (91.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
  • WSTG (95.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: PRINCETON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W244AV (96.7 FM; BLACKSBURG, ETC., VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • W273AA (102.5 FM; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
  • WBRW (105.3 FM; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Draper:

  • WKPZ-LP (Channel 3; WYTHEVILLE, ETC., VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Draper fatal accident list:

Jan 26, 2001 04:25 PM, I-81, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
  • National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
  • 15Number of bridges
  • 128ft / 38.9mTotal length
  • $35,320,000Total costs
  • 233,080Total average daily traffic
  • 41,514Total average daily truck traffic
New bridges in Draper, VA - historical statistics
  • New bridges - historical statistics
  • 11920-1929
  • 51950-1959
  • 61960-1969
  • 31970-1979
See full National Bridge Inventory statistics for Draper, VA

FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers:

1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Draper)

FCC Registered Antenna Towers:

17 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)

FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers:

1
  • Mobiles Loc 5, Lat: 37.024250 Lon: -80.746333, Call Sign: WPCG346,
    Assigned Frequencies: 160.755 MHz, 160.875 MHz, 160.470 MHz, 161.250 MHz, Grant Date: 02/24/2023, Expiration Date: 05/17/2033, Certifier: Jerry R Celio, Registrant: Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 1200 Peachtree Street Ne Box 123, Atlanta, GA 30309, Phone: (404) 582-6224, Fax: (404) 582-6209, Email:


FCC Registered Microwave Towers:

8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses:

16 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Draper)

FAA Registered Aircraft:

1
  • Aircraft: PORTERFIELD FP-65 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 76 mph), Engine: FRANKLIN 4AC176B SER (65 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 37764, N37764, N-37764, Serial Number: 973, Year manufactured: 1941, Airworthiness Date: 11/25/1959, Certificate Issue Date: 12/10/1984
    Registrant (Co-Owned): Bruce A Martin, 2531 Forest Hill Dr, Draper, VA 24324

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

    Fire incident distribution by year Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 16. The highest number of fire incidents - 30 took place in 2004, and the least - 1 in 2016. The data has a declining trend.
    Fire incident types in Draper, VA When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.0%), and Structure Fires (28.7%).

    • Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Draper, VA
    • 10843.0%Outside Fires
    • 7228.7%Structure Fires
    • 6927.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
    • 20.8%Other
See full National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Draper, VA
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Draper, VA
  • 91.9%Electricity
  • 8.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Draper, VA
  • 56.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 43.5%Electricity


Draper compared to Virginia state average:

  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage 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.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
There are no pilots and 1 other airmen in this city.
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  • William J. Worrell (4)
  • Joseph Leo Tedesco (2)
  • Justin Chadwell (1)

Total of 7 patent applications in 2008-2024.