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Population (year 2000): 1,027. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,023 (-0.4% change)
Males: 521 (50.7%), Females: 506 (49.3%)
Rutherford County
Zip code:
28746
Median resident age: 58.6 years
Median household income: $38,417 (year 2000)
Median house value: $203,700 (year 2000)
Races in Lake Lure:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
- Black (1.5%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (26.1%), English (24.3%),
Irish (15.1%), United States (7.8%), Scotch-Irish (7.7%), French
(5.1%).
Elevation: 1200 feet
Land area: 13.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lake Lure
- High school or higher: 93.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 34.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.5%
- Unemployed: 2.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lake Lure town
- Never married: 12.5%
- Now married: 75.9%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 5.1%
- Divorced: 4.9%
3.1% Foreign born (1.3% Europe, 0.9% North
America, 0.6% Asia, 0.4% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +325 (+46.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lake Lure:
- ST LUKES HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; COLUMBUS, NC)
- JULIAN F KEITH ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE TX (about 15
miles; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC)
- RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL INC (about 16 miles;
RUTHERFORDTON, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Lake
Lure:
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 24 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 39 miles; GREER,
SC; ID: GSP)
- DONALDSON CENTER (about 50 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
ID: GYH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lake Lure:
- RUTHERFORD CO - MARCHMAN FIELD (about 18 miles;
RUTHERFORDTON, NC; ID: FQD)
- HENDERSONVILLE (about 19 miles; HENDERSONVILLE, NC;
ID: 0A7)
- FAIRVIEW (about 21 miles; LANDRUM, SC; ID: 33A)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lake Lure:
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
SPARTANBURG, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,086)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(about 28 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 29
miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about
36 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,041)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
FT enrollment: 2,915)
- BOB JONES UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; GREENVILLE,
SC; FT enrollment: 3,577)
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