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Population (year 2000): 357. Estimated
population in July 2005: 353 (-1.1% change)
Males: 156 (43.7%), Females: 201 (56.3%)
Mitchell County
Zip code:
28705
Median resident age: 46.4 years
Median household income: $19,286 (year 2000)
Median house value: $87,000 (year 2000)
Races in Bakersville:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.4%)
Ancestries: United States (15.1%), German
(9.0%), English (7.3%), Scotch-Irish (5.9%), Scottish (3.9%),
Irish (3.4%).
Elevation: 2460 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bakersville
- High school or higher: 76.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bakersville town
- Never married: 14.3%
- Now married: 59.8%
- Separated: 0.4%
- Widowed: 13.9%
- Divorced: 11.6%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +25 (+7.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bakersville:
- SPRUCE PINE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
SPRUCE PINE, NC)
- YANCEY COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles;
BURNSVILLE, NC)
- CANNON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; LINVILLE,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bakersville:
- TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 36 miles;
BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 48 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 57 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bakersville:
- AVERY COUNTY/MORRISON FIELD/ (about 14 miles; SPRUCE
PINE, NC; ID: 7A8)
- SHIFLET FIELD (about 24 miles; MARION, NC; ID: 9A9)
- ELIZABETHTON MUNI (about 25 miles; ELIZABETHTON, TN;
ID: 0A9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bakersville:
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles;
JOHNSON CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 9,498)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 39
miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
39 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(about 40 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles;
HICKORY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,052)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 63 miles;
SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
Public high school in Bakersville:
- MITCHELL HIGH (Students: 724; Location: 416
LEDGER SCHOOL RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Bakersville:
- GOUGE ELEMENTARY (Students: 239; Location:
134 LAUREL STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
- BOWMAN MIDDLE (Students: 206; Location: 410 S
MITCHELL AVENUE; Grades: 05 - 08)
- BULADEAN ELEMENTARY (Students: 105; Location:
12190 NORTH HWY 226; Grades: KG - 08)
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