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Elizabethton |
Population (year
2000): 13,372,
Est. population
in July 2002:
13,132 (-0.9%
change)
Males: 6,038
(45.2%),
Females: 7,334
(54.8%)
Elevation: 1560
feet
County:
Carter
Land area: 9.2
square miles
Zip codes:
37643.
Median resident
age: 40.3 years
Median household
income: $25,909
(year 2000)
Median house
value: $75,000
(year 2000)
Ancestries:
United States
(18.9%), German
(12.8%), English
(10.4%), Irish
(8.2%),
Scotch-Irish
(3.7%), Scottish
(3.4%).
For population
25 years and
over in
Elizabethton
-
High school
or higher:
68.8%
-
Bachelor's
degree or
higher:
15.4%
-
Graduate or
professional
degree: 4.8%
-
Unemployed:
8.2%
-
Mean travel
time to
work: 19.2
minutes
For population
15 years and
over in
Elizabethton
city
-
Never
married:
21.8%
-
Now married:
48.7%
-
Separated:
2.3%
-
Widowed:
13.2%
-
Divorced:
14.0%
1.2% Foreign
born
Single-family
new house
construction
building
permits:
-
1996: 30
buildings,
average
cost:
$56,300
-
1997: 37
buildings,
average
cost:
$75,800
-
1998: 26
buildings,
average
cost:
$56,200
-
1999: 20
buildings,
average
cost:
$90,200
-
2000: 17
buildings,
average
cost:
$114,700
-
2001: 24
buildings,
average
cost:
$87,400
-
2002: 21
buildings,
average
cost:
$118,400
-
2003: 20
buildings,
average
cost:
$122,400
Industries
providing
employment:
Educational, health
and social
services
(24.9%), Retail
trade (15.3%),
Manufacturing
(15.2%).
Crime in Elizabethton (2002):
- 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 7 rapes (51.4 per 100,000)
- 1 robbery (7.3 per 100,000)
- 63 assaults (462.4 per 100,000)
- 140 burglaries (1027.4 per 100,000)
- 586 larceny counts (4300.6 per 100,000)
- 36 auto thefts (264.2 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 387.5 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Hospital/medical center in Elizabethton:
- SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL (1501 WEST ELK AVENUE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Elizabethton:
- JOHNSON CITY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
- NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
- WOODRIDGE HOSP (about 7 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
College/University in Elizabethton:
- TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER AT ELIZABETHTON (Full-time enrollment: 433; Location: 1500 ARNEY ST; Public; Website: elizabethton.tec.tn.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Elizabethton:
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 9,498)
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 17 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 54 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
Public high schools in Elizabethton:
- ELIZABETHTON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 864; Location: 907 WEST E ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HAPPY VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 565; Location: 121 WARPATH LA; Grades: 09 - 12)
- UNAKA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 371; Location: 119 ROBINSON LA; Grades: 09 - 12)
- CARTER COUNTY ADULT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 18; Location: 412 SOUTH SYCAMORE ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Elizabethton:
- T A DUGGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 539; Location: 306 WEST E ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 523; Location: 145 HOPE ST; Grades: KG - 08)
- HAPPY VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 498; Location: 163 WARPATH LA; Grades: 05 - 08)
- HAROLD MCCORMICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 339; Location: 226 CEDAR AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- UNAKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 332; Location: 120 UNAKA DR; Grades: KG - 08)
- VALLEY FORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 322; Location: 485 RIVERVIEW DR; Grades: KG - 05)
- KEENBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 314; Location: 139 KEENBURG RD; Grades: KG - 08)
- WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 260; Location: 1310 BURGIE ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 240; Location: 800 SIAM ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- LIFT ACADEMY ALTERNATIVE (Students: 26; Location: 2453 SIAM RD; Grades: 06 - 12)
Private primary/middle school in Elizabethton:
- HELICON INCORPORATED-ELIZABETH (Students: 14; Location: 208 PARKWAY BLVD; Grades: 4 - 11)
Library in Elizabethton:
- ELIZABETHTON/CARTER CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $316,099; Location: 201 N. SYCAMORE STREET; 43,690 books; 538 audio materials; 859 video materials; 89 serial subscriptions)
Elizabethton compared to Tennessee state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value 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.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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