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Mountain City |
Population (year
2000): 2,383
Males: 1,124
(47.2%),
Females: 1,259
(52.8%)
Elevation: 2429
feet
County:
Johnson
Land area: 3.3
square miles
Zip code:
37683
Median resident
age: 43.2 years
Median household
income: $16,587
(year 2000)
Median house
value: $75,800
(year 2000)
Ancestries:
United States
(26.9%), Irish
(7.7%), English
(7.6%), German
(6.5%),
Scotch-Irish
(5.7%), Scottish
(1.9%).
For population
25 years and
over in Mountain
City
-
High school
or higher:
57.3%
-
Bachelor's
degree or
higher: 9.9%
-
Graduate or
professional
degree: 4.4%
-
Unemployed:
9.8%
-
Mean travel
time to
work: 25.5
minutes
For population
15 years and
over in Mountain
City town
-
Never
married:
15.3%
-
Now married:
49.5%
-
Separated:
1.9%
-
Widowed:
16.3%
-
Divorced:
17.0%
1.0% Foreign
born
Single-family
new house
construction
building
permits:
-
1996: 5
buildings,
average
cost:
$60,000
-
1997: 4
buildings,
average
cost:
$54,800
-
1998: 3
buildings,
average
cost:
$63,300
-
1999: 6
buildings,
average
cost:
$74,500
-
2000: 3
buildings,
average
cost:
$63,300
-
2001: 4
buildings,
average
cost:
$108,000
-
2002: 9
buildings,
average
cost:
$65,100
-
2003: 4
buildings,
average
cost:
$143,900
Industries
providing
employment:
Educational,
health and
social services
(20.0%),
Manufacturing
(17.1%), Retail
trade (11.8%).
Crime in Mountain City (2002):
- 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
- 9 assaults (370.7 per 100,000)
- 8 burglaries (329.5 per 100,000)
- 21 larceny counts (864.9 per 100,000)
- 4 auto thefts (164.7 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 147.7 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Hospital/medical
center
in
Mountain
City:
- JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER (1901 S SHADY ST)
Other
hospitals/medical
centers
near
Mountain
City:
- WATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; BOONE, NC)
- JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; ABINGDON, VA)
- BLOWING ROCK HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; BLOWING ROCK, NC)
Colleges/universities
with
over
2000
students
nearest
to
Mountain
City:
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; BOONE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 12,245)
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; HICKORY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,052)
- BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 69 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 78 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
Public
high
school
in
Mountain
City:
- JOHNSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 725; Location: 500 FAIRGROUND LA; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public
primary/middle
schools
in
Mountain
City:
- MOUNTAIN CITY ELEMENTARY (Students: 549; Location: 301 DONNELLY ST; Grades: PK - 06)
- JOHNSON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 357; Location: 500 A FAIRGROUND LA; Grades: 07 - 08)
- SHOUNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 207; Location: 2431 S SHADY ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- DOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 195; Location: 7164 HIGHWAY 67 WEST; Grades: PK - 06)
- NEVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 109; Location: 5500 ROAN CREEK RD; Grades: PK - 06)
Private
primary/middle
schools
in
Mountain
City:
- J C F ACADEMY (Students: 15; Location: 936 N CHURCH ST; Grades: KG - 11)
- MOUNTAIN CITY SDA (Students: 5; Location: 1231 COLD SPRINGS RD; Grades: 1 - 7)
Library
in
Mountain
City:
- JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $62,019; Location: 219 N. CHURCH STREET; 15,944 books; 281 audio materials; 381 video materials; 33 serial subscriptions)
Mountain
City
compared
to
Tennessee
state
average:
- Median household income significantly 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.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
- Population density below state average for cities.
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