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Population (year 2000): 1,440
Males: 712 (49.4%), Females: 728 (50.6%)
Wilkes County
Zip code:
28654
Median resident age: 38.1 years
Median household income: $36,607 (year 2000)
Median house value: $100,800 (year 2000)
Races in Moravian Falls:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.1%)
- Hispanic (7.2%)
- Black (5.5%)
- Other race (3.5%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (24.4%), English
(10.8%), Scotch-Irish (4.3%), German (4.2%), Polish (1.9%),
Irish (1.5%).
Elevation: 1192 feet
Land area: 5.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Moravian Falls
- High school or higher: 67.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.2%
- Unemployed: 2.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Moravian Falls CDP
- Never married: 23.1%
- Now married: 57.7%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 7.5%
10.1% Foreign born (7.6% Latin America, 1.6%
Asia).
Hospitals/medical centers near Moravian Falls:
- WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; NORTH
WILKESBORO, NC)
- HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
ELKIN, NC)
- FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 27 miles;
HICKORY, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Moravian Falls:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 30 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 65 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 67 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Moravian Falls:
- WILKES COUNTY (about 10 miles; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC;
ID: UKF)
- SWAN CREEK (about 23 miles; JONESVILLE, NC; ID: 78A)
- ASHE COUNTY (about 28 miles; JEFFERSON, NC; ID: GEV)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Moravian Falls:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles;
HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 54 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 63 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 63
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
Public primary/middle schools in Moravian Falls:
- CENTRAL WILKES MIDDLE (Students: 783;
Location: 3541 SOUTH NC HWY 16; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MORAVIAN FALLS ELEMENTARY (Students: 273;
Location: HWY 18 S; Grades: PK - 05)
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