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Population (year 2000): 17,126. Estimated
population in July 2005: 21,361 (+24.7% change)
Males: 8,254 (48.2%), Females: 8,872 (51.8%)
Forsyth County
Zip codes:
27284.
Median resident age: 34.3 years
Median household income: $41,520 (year 2000)
Median house value: $131,700 (year 2000)
Races in Kernersville:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.4%)
- Black (8.7%)
- Hispanic (7.4%)
- Other race (4.3%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (15.0%), German
(13.8%), English (11.5%), Irish (8.7%), Italian (3.1%),
Scotch-Irish (2.7%).
Elevation: 1023 feet
Land area: 12.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kernersville
- High school or higher: 81.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.3%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kernersville town
- Never married: 21.1%
- Now married: 57.1%
- Separated: 3.5%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 11.8%
7.9% Foreign born (5.3% Latin America, 1.3%
Asia, 0.8% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +5,082 (+42.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kernersville:
- NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITALS (about 11 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC)
- HIGH POINT REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; HIGH
POINT, NC)
- AMOS COTTAGE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 16
miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Kernersville:
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 10 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 11 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 61 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kernersville:
- DS BUTLER FARM AND AIRFIELD (about 8 miles; OAK
RIDGE, NC; ID: N83)
- MEADOW BROOK FIELD (about 14 miles; WALNUT COVE, NC;
ID: N63)
- AIR HARBOR (about 20 miles; GREENSBORO, NC; ID: W88)
Amtrak stations near Kernersville:
- 12 miles: WINSTON-SALEM (127 S. CHERRY ST.) - Bus
Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service.
- 13 miles: HIGH POINT (100 W. HIGH ST.). Services:
partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area,
public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines,
paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call
for car rental service, call for taxi service, public
transit connection.
- 18 miles: GREENSBORO (2603 OAKLAND AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service.
College/University in Kernersville:
- DUDLEY COSMETOLOGY UNIVERSITY (Full-time
enrollment: 75; Location: 900 E MOUNTAIN ST; Private,
for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kernersville:
- NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV
(about 5 miles; Greensboro, NC; Full-time enrollment:
6,970)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; HIGH POINT,
NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
- GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13
miles; JAMESTOWN, NC; FT enrollment: 4,810)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO (about 21
miles; GREENSBORO, NC; FT enrollment: 10,868)
Public high schools in Kernersville:
- EAST FORSYTH HIGH (Students: 1,808; Location:
2500 W MOUNTAIN STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- R B GLENN HIGH (Students: 1,629; Location:
1600 UNION CROSS ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Kernersville:
- KERWIN BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCH (Students: 212;
Location: 4520 OLD HOLLOW ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Kernersville:
- KERNERSVILLE MIDDLE (Students: 1,258;
Location: 110 BROWN ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SOUTHEAST MIDDLE (Students: 1,196; Location:
1200 OLD SALEM ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- UNION CROSS ELEMENTARY (Students: 944;
Location: 4300 HIGH POINT ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- SEDGE GARDEN ELEMENTARY (Students: 944;
Location: 475 SEDGE GARDEN ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- KERNERSVILLE ELEMENTARY (Students: 920;
Location: 512 W MOUNTAIN STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
- PINEY GROVE ELEMENTARY (Students: 756;
Location: 1500 PINEY GROVE ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- CASH ELEMENTARY (Students: 643; Location:
4700 OLD HOLLOW ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Kernersville:
- BROOKSIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 13;
Location: 736 PINEY GROVE RD; Grades: UG - UG)
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