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Population (year 2000): 2,596. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,604 (+0.3% change)
Males: 1,526 (58.8%), Females: 1,070 (41.2%)
Volusia County
Zip code:
32180
Median resident age: 28.4 years
Median household income: $26,773 (year 2000)
Median house value: $72,400 (year 2000)
Races in Pierson:
- Hispanic (62.4%)
- White Non-Hispanic (32.2%)
- Other race (11.5%)
- Black (4.9%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (4.7%), German (3.8%),
United States (3.8%), Irish (2.9%), French (1.0%).
Elevation: 78 feet
Land area: 8.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Pierson
- High school or higher: 34.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 61.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Pierson town
- Never married: 15.6%
- Now married: 71.8%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 5.6%
- Divorced: 5.1%
23.9% Foreign born (23.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,443
(+125.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Pierson:
- FLORIDA HOSPITAL DELAND (about 18 miles; DE LAND,
FL)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FLAGLER SW BEDS (about 18 miles;
BUNNELL, FL)
- FLORIDA HOSPITAL FISH MEMORIAL (about 23 miles;
ORANGE CITY, FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Pierson:
- DAYTONA BEACH INTL (about 29 miles; DAYTONA BEACH,
FL; ID: DAB)
- ORLANDO SANFORD (about 37 miles; ORLANDO, FL; ID:
SFB)
- ST AUGUSTINE (about 50 miles; ST AUGUSTINE, FL; ID:
SGJ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pierson:
- PIERSON MUNI (about 1 miles; PIERSON, FL; ID: 2J8)
- BOB LEE FLIGHT STRIP (about 15 miles; DELAND, FL;
ID: 1J6)
- DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FIELD (about 17 miles;
DELAND, FL; ID: DED)
Amtrak station near Pierson:
- 18 miles: DELAND (2491 OLD NEW YORK AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, taxi stand.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Pierson:
- STETSON UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; DELAND, FL;
Full-time enrollment: 2,966)
- EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY (about 30
miles; DAYTONA BEACH, FL; FT enrollment: 9,008)
- DAYTONA BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles;
DAYTONA BEACH, FL; FT enrollment: 6,257)
- BETHUNE COOKMAN COLLEGE (about 30 miles; DAYTONA
BEACH, FL; FT enrollment: 2,638)
- SAINT JOHNS RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
PALATKA, FL; FT enrollment: 2,509)
- SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles; SANFORD,
FL; FT enrollment: 5,261)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ORLANDO CAMPUS (about 43
miles; MAITLAND, FL; FT enrollment: 3,992)
Public primary/middle schools in Pierson:
- T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students:
962; Location: 100 E WASHINGTON AVENUE; Grades: 06 - 12)
- PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 449;
Location: 1 W 1ST AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
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