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Population (year 2000): 513. Estimated
population in July 2005: 585 (+14.0% change)
Males: 254 (49.5%), Females: 259 (50.5%)
Pontotoc County
Zip code:
38871
Median resident age: 33.5 years
Median household income: $41,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $60,600 (year 2000)
Races in Thaxton:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Black (0.8%)
Ancestries: United States (25.7%), Irish
(10.1%), English (2.3%), Scotch-Irish (2.3%), Dutch (1.9%).
Elevation: 436 feet
Land area: 8.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Thaxton
- High school or higher: 75.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
- Unemployed: 1.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Thaxton town
- Never married: 26.6%
- Now married: 61.8%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 3.8%
- Divorced: 7.1%
2.7% Foreign born (1.6% Europe, 1.2% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: +92 (+21.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Thaxton:
- PONTOTOC HEALTH SERVICE CAH (about 13 miles;
PONTOTOC, MS)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY (about 18
miles; NEW ALBANY, MS)
- BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH MS (about 24 miles;
OXFORD, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Thaxton:
- UNIVERSITY-OXFORD (about 26 miles; OXFORD, MS; ID:
UOX)
- TUPELO RGNL (about 29 miles; TUPELO, MS; ID: TUP)
- COLUMBUS AFB (about 69 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Thaxton:
- PONTOTOC COUNTY (about 10 miles; PONTOTOC, MS; ID:
22M)
- NEW ALBANY-UNION CO (about 20 miles; NEW ALBANY, MS;
ID: M72)
- CALHOUN COUNTY (about 29 miles; PITTSBORO, MS; ID:
04M)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Thaxton:
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MAIN CAMPUS (about 26
miles; UNIVERSITY, MS; Full-time enrollment: 11,068)
- NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51
miles; BOONEVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,628)
- ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 55 miles; FULTON,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58
miles; SENATOBIA, MS; FT enrollment: 3,842)
- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles;
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
- MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 76 miles;
COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)
- SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS
(about 78 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
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