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Erwin |
Population (year
2000): 5,610
Males: 2,598
(46.3%),
Females: 3,012
(53.7%)
Elevation: 1675
feet
County:
Unicoi
Land area: 3.5
square miles
Zip code:
37650
Median resident
age: 43.5 years
Median household
income: $29,644
(year 2000)
Median house
value: $78,400
(year 2000)
Ancestries:
United States
(18.0%), English
(14.0%), Irish
(11.9%), German
(6.8%),
Scotch-Irish
(3.7%), Scottish
(2.5%).
For population
25 years and
over in Erwin
-
High school
or higher:
69.7%
-
Bachelor's
degree or
higher:
12.7%
-
Graduate or
professional
degree: 5.1%
-
Unemployed:
8.8%
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Mean travel
time to
work: 19.2
minutes
For population
15 years and
over in Erwin
city
-
Never
married:
17.4%
-
Now married:
59.1%
-
Separated:
2.0%
-
Widowed:
11.0%
-
Divorced:
10.4%
1.7% Foreign
born
Single-family
new house
construction
building
permits:
-
1996: 15
buildings,
average
cost:
$58,700
-
1997: 14
buildings,
average
cost:
$78,800
-
1998: 12
buildings,
average
cost:
$80,100
-
1999: 10
buildings,
average
cost:
$74,200
-
2000: 8
buildings,
average
cost:
$126,600
-
2001: 11
buildings,
average
cost:
$109,100
-
2002: 6
buildings,
average
cost:
$77,000
-
2003: 10
buildings,
average
cost:
$81,600
Industries
providing
employment:
Manufacturing
(27.1%),
Educational,
health and
social services
(21.3%).
Crime
in
Erwin
(2002):
- 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
- 2 robberies (35.0 per 100,000)
- 9 assaults (157.5 per 100,000)
- 49 burglaries (857.2 per 100,000)
- 158 larceny counts (2764.2 per 100,000)
- 9 auto thefts (157.5 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 229.4 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Hospital/medical
center
in
Erwin:
- UNICOI COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (GREENWAY CIRCLE)
Other
hospitals/medical
centers
near
Erwin:
- JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CTR (about 12 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
- JOHNSON CITY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
- NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
Colleges/universities
with
over
2000
students
nearest
to
Erwin:
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 9,498)
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 37 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 75 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
Public
high
school
in
Erwin:
- UNICOI COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 735; Location: 500 UNAKA WAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public
primary/middle
schools
in
Erwin:
- UNICOI COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 598; Location: 600 MOHAWK DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- LOVE CHAPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 347; Location: 1426 LOVE STATION; Grades: KG - 05)
- ROCK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 227; Location: 1121 E ERWIN RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- TEMPLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 126; Location: 797 OLD HIGHWAY RD; Grades: KG - 05)
Library
in
Erwin:
- UNICOI COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $50,478; Location: 201 NOLICHUCKY AVENUE; 16,143 books; 293 audio materials; 461 video materials; 12 serial subscriptions)
Erwin
compared
to
Tennessee
state
average:
- Median household income 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 above state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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