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Population (year 2000): 1,814. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,885 (+3.9% change)
Males: 900 (49.6%), Females: 914 (50.4%)
Burke County
Zip code:
28612
Median resident age: 34.6 years
Median household income: $33,889 (year 2000)
Median house value: $77,100 (year 2000)
Races in Connelly Springs:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.0%)
- Other Asian (7.3%)
- Black (1.7%)
Ancestries: United States (25.4%), German
(9.7%), Irish (5.3%), English (3.6%), Dutch (1.8%), Scotch-Irish
(1.4%).
Elevation: 1160 feet
Land area: 3.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Connelly Springs
- High school or higher: 58.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.8%
- Unemployed: 5.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Connelly Springs town
- Never married: 19.0%
- Now married: 61.9%
- Separated: 4.6%
- Widowed: 5.8%
- Divorced: 8.6%
3.9% Foreign born (3.8% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +422 (+30.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Connelly Springs:
- VALDESE GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (about 5 miles;
VALDESE, NC)
- CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles;
HICKORY, NC)
- FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
HICKORY, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Connelly Springs:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 9 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 55 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 75 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Connelly Springs:
- MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 9 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID:
MRN)
- GRACE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL (about 11 miles;
MORGANTON, NC; ID: NC1)
- WILSON'S (about 13 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Connelly Springs:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11 miles;
HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 36 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 61 miles;
SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
Public high school in Connelly Springs:
- EAST BURKE HIGH (Students: 1,901; Location:
3695 EAST BURKE BOULEVARD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Connelly Springs:
- GEORGE HILDEBRAND ELEMENTARY (Students: 486;
Location: 8078 G HILDEBRAND SCH ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
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