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Population (year 2000): 611. Estimated
population in July 2005: 639 (+4.6% change)
Males: 281 (46.0%), Females: 330 (54.0%)
DeKalb County
Zip code:
35989
Median resident age: 37.8 years
Median household income: $29,013 (year 2000)
Median house value: $63,900 (year 2000)
Races in Valley Head:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.7%)
- American Indian (4.6%)
- Two or more races (4.3%)
- Black (2.3%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
Ancestries: United States (19.8%), English
(12.9%), Irish (10.1%), German (5.6%), Italian (3.4%), Dutch
(2.6%).
Elevation: 1029 feet
Land area: 3.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Valley Head
- High school or higher: 75.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.6%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Valley Head town
- Never married: 28.4%
- Now married: 49.4%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 8.2%
- Divorced: 11.4%
2.9% Foreign born (2.1% Latin America, 0.8%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -7 (-1.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Valley Head:
- BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER DEKALB (about 13 miles; FORT
PAYNE, AL)
- BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER CHEROKEE (about 30 miles;
CENTRE, AL)
- REDMOND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 31 miles;
ROME, GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Valley Head:
- RICHARD B RUSSELL (about 36 miles; ROME, GA; ID: RMG)
- LOVELL FIELD (about 44 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; ID:
CHA)
- ANNISTON METROPOLITAN (about 70 miles; ANNISTON, AL;
ID: ANB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Valley Head:
- ISBELL FIELD (about 10 miles; FORT PAYNE, AL; ID:
4A9)
- BARWICK LAFAYETTE (about 25 miles; LAFAYETTE, GA;
ID: 9A5)
- STEVENSON (about 26 miles; STEVENSON, AL; ID: 7A6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Valley Head:
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA (about 40
miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Full-time enrollment: 6,914)
- GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles;
GADSDEN, AL; FT enrollment: 3,360)
- CHATTANOOGA STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
43 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 4,821)
- JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles;
JACKSONVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 6,418)
- ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; NORMAL,
AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
- LEE UNIVERSITY (about 67 miles; CLEVELAND, TN; FT
enrollment: 3,171)
- CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles;
CLEVELAND, TN; FT enrollment: 2,022)
Public primary/middle school in Valley Head:
- VALLEY HEAD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 509;
Location: 235 1ST AVE; Grades: KG - 12)
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