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Population (year 2000): 1,038. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,104 (+6.4% change)
Males: 513 (49.4%), Females: 525 (50.6%)
Catawba County
Zip code:
28610
Median resident age: 38.2 years
Median household income: $40,652 (year 2000)
Median house value: $104,500 (year 2000)
Races in Claremont:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.4%)
- Hispanic (3.0%)
- Black (2.2%)
- Other race (0.7%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (22.0%), United States
(19.3%), Irish (7.5%), English (7.1%), Scotch-Irish (2.6%),
Dutch (2.0%).
Elevation: 981 feet
Land area: 2.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Claremont
- High school or higher: 79.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.4%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Claremont city
- Never married: 19.0%
- Now married: 61.7%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 8.6%
3.2% Foreign born (2.4% Latin America, 0.4%
Europe, 0.4% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -3 (-0.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Claremont:
- FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
HICKORY, NC)
- CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles;
HICKORY, NC)
- LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER (about 18 miles; LINCOLNTON,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Claremont:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 17 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 39 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 71 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Claremont:
- LANEYS (about 11 miles; MAIDEN, NC; ID: N92)
- STATESVILLE MUNI (about 15 miles; STATESVILLE, NC;
ID: SVH)
- WILSON'S (about 15 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Claremont:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles;
HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 27 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 41
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
Public high school in Claremont:
- BUNKER HILL HIGH (Students: 899; Location:
4675 OXFORD SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Claremont:
- OXFORD ELEMENTARY (Students: 605; Location:
5915 OXFORD ROAD; Grades: KG - 06)
- MILL CREEK MIDDLE (Students: 527; Location:
1041 SHILOH ROAD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- CLAREMONT ELEMENTARY (Students: 518;
Location: 3384 E MAIN STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
- RIVER BEND MIDDLE (Students: 495; Location:
4670 OXFORD SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- ENGELMANN SCH OF ART AND SCI (Students: 70;
Location: 2952 N OXFORD STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
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