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Population (year 2000): 3,382. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,360 (-0.7% change)
Males: 1,524 (45.1%), Females: 1,858 (54.9%)
Zip code:
31833
Median resident age: 37.1 years
Median household income: $31,886 (year 2000)
Median house value: $81,100 (year 2000)
Races in West Point:
- Black (57.8%)
- White Non-Hispanic (40.3%)
- Asian Indian (0.7%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
- Two or more races (0.5%)
Ancestries: United States (13.0%), Irish (5.4%),
English (5.1%), German (2.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.3%), Scottish
(1.5%).
Land area: 4.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Point
- High school or higher: 67.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.8%
- Unemployed: 5.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Point city
- Never married: 35.4%
- Now married: 38.2%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 15.3%
- Divorced: 7.8%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -201 (-5.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Point:
- GEORGE H LANIER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles;
VALLEY, AL)
- WEST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 13 miles;
LAGRANGE, GA)
- EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER AND SNF (about 22 miles;
OPELIKA, AL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Point:
- COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN (about 31 miles; COLUMBUS, GA;
ID: CSG)
- LAWSON AAF (FORT BENNING) (about 40 miles; FORT
BENNING(COLUMBUS), GA; ID: LSF)
- ANNISTON METROPOLITAN (about 68 miles; ANNISTON, AL;
ID: ANB)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Point:
- LANNET MUNI (about 7 miles; LANETT, AL; ID: 7A3)
- LAGRANGE-CALLAWAY (about 12 miles; LAGRANGE, GA; ID:
LGC)
- ROANOKE MUNI (about 21 miles; ROANOKE, AL; ID: 7A5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Point:
- AUBURN UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (about 29 miles;
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AL; Full-time enrollment: 19,703)
- COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; COLUMBUS,
GA; FT enrollment: 3,886)
- SOUTHERN UNION STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34
miles; WADLEY, AL; FT enrollment: 2,925)
- STATE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA (about 49 miles;
CARROLLTON, GA; FT enrollment: 7,241)
- TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; TUSKEGEE, AL;
FT enrollment: 2,732)
- GORDON COLLEGE (about 72 miles; BARNESVILLE, GA; FT
enrollment: 2,263)
- CLAYTON COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 77
miles; MORROW, GA; FT enrollment: 2,953)
Private high school in West Point:
- CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN (Students: 34;
Location: PO BOX 783; Grades: KG - 12)
Public primary/middle school in West Point:
- WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 431;
Location: 1701 EAST 12TH STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
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