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Population (year 2000): 2,416. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,526 (+4.6% change)
Males: 1,210 (50.1%), Females: 1,206 (49.9%)
Stanly County
Zip code:
28097
Median resident age: 36.2 years
Median household income: $44,556 (year 2000)
Median house value: $98,700 (year 2000)
Races in Locust:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.8%)
- Hispanic (3.4%)
- Other race (2.0%)
- Black (1.5%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: United States (20.5%), German
(13.0%), Irish (6.6%), English (6.5%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%),
Dutch (2.3%).
Elevation: 742 feet
Land area: 5.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Locust
- High school or higher: 77.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 1.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 37.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Locust city
- Never married: 17.6%
- Now married: 68.5%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 5.9%
- Divorced: 6.1%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +7 (+0.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Locust:
- NORTHEAST MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; CONCORD,
NC)
- STANLY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 17 miles;
ALBEMARLE, NC)
- UNION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles;
MONROE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Locust:
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 36 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 62 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 66 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Locust:
- BEAR CREEK (about 11 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, NC; ID:
N44)
- GOOSE CREEK (about 15 miles; INDIAN TRAIL, NC; ID:
28A)
- WILGROVE AIR PARK (about 18 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC;
ID: 8A6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Locust:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 22
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 13,706)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 48 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,221)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 53 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
Public primary/middle schools in Locust:
- RUNNING CREEK ELEMENTARY (Students: 329;
Location: 18231 RUNNING CREEK CHURCH RD; Grades: KG -
08)
- LOCUST ELEMENTARY (Students: 315; Location:
103 SCHOOL RD; Grades: KG - 08)
- RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY (Students: 294;
Location: 24791 MILLINGPORT RD; Grades: KG - 08)
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