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Population (year 2000): 1,042. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,032 (-1.0% change)
Males: 775 (74.4%), Females: 267 (25.6%)
Floyd County
Zip code:
41669
Median resident age: 29.2 years
Median household income: $14,808 (year 2000)
Median house value: $31,300 (year 2000)
Races in Wheelwright:
- White Non-Hispanic (63.0%)
- Black (34.7%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: United States (28.6%), English
(5.3%), Irish (4.7%), Subsaharan African (3.7%), German (3.3%),
Scotch-Irish (2.0%).
Elevation: 1102 feet
Land area: 1.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wheelwright
- High school or higher: 60.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.3%
- Unemployed: 5.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wheelwright city
- Never married: 39.2%
- Now married: 38.1%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 4.6%
- Divorced: 16.0%
2.6% Foreign born (2.6% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +322 (+44.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wheelwright:
- MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; MC DOWELL, KY)
- JENKINS COMMUNITY HOSP (about 12 miles; JENKINS, KY)
- WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; WHITESBURG,
KY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wheelwright:
- TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 64 miles;
BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
- TRI-STATE/MILTON J. FERGUSON FIELD (about 73 miles;
HUNTINGTON, WV; ID: HTS)
- YEAGER (about 106 miles; CHARLESTON, WV; ID: CRW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wheelwright:
- PIKE COUNTY-HATCHER FIELD (about 20 miles;
PIKEVILLE, KY; ID: PBX)
- LONESOME PINE (about 28 miles; WISE, VA; ID: LNP)
- PAINTSVILLE-PRESTONSBURG-COMBS FIELD (about 28
miles; PAINTSVILLE, KY; ID: 3I6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wheelwright:
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
60 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,729)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66
miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles;
JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
- MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; MOREHEAD,
KY; FT enrollment: 6,866)
- MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV;
FT enrollment: 12,361)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 88 miles;
MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
- CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 100 miles; JEFFERSON
CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
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