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Population (year 2000): 698. Estimated
population in July 2005: 739 (+5.9% change)
Males: 318 (45.6%), Females: 380 (54.4%)
Catawba County
Zip code:
28609
Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $42,031 (year 2000)
Median house value: $78,600 (year 2000)
Races in Catawba:
- White Non-Hispanic (62.0%)
- Black (30.4%)
- Hispanic (5.6%)
- Other race (2.1%)
- Other Asian (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (15.2%), United States
(14.9%), Irish (4.6%), English (4.0%), Scotch-Irish (2.6%),
Dutch (2.4%).
Elevation: 872 feet
Land area: 2.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Catawba
- High school or higher: 78.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 1.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Catawba town
- Never married: 18.7%
- Now married: 61.3%
- Separated: 3.8%
- Widowed: 8.5%
- Divorced: 7.7%
5.7% Foreign born (5.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +116 (+19.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Catawba:
- IREDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 13 miles;
STATESVILLE, NC)
- DAVIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles;
STATESVILLE, NC)
- LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles;
MOORESVILLE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Catawba:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 22 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 37 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 67 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Catawba:
- STATESVILLE MUNI (about 10 miles; STATESVILLE, NC;
ID: SVH)
- LANEYS (about 11 miles; MAIDEN, NC; ID: N92)
- LAKE NORMAN AIRPARK (about 15 miles; MOORESVILLE,
NC; ID: 14A)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Catawba:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles;
HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 27 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 37
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
Public high school in Catawba:
- BANDYS HIGH (Students: 981; Location: 5040 E
BANDYS ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Catawba:
- CATAWBA INTERMEDIATE (Students: 344;
Location: 403 6TH AVENUE SW; Grades: 06 - 06)
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