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Population (year 2000): 8,484. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,454 (-0.4% change)
Males: 3,885 (45.8%), Females: 4,599 (54.2%)
Surry County
Zip code:
27030
Median resident age: 42.7 years
Median household income: $26,910 (year 2000)
Median house value: $76,200 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Airy:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.3%)
- Black (8.0%)
- Hispanic (5.9%)
- Other race (2.5%)
- Other Asian (2.0%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (20.7%), English
(10.2%), Irish (5.8%), German (5.7%), Scotch-Irish (2.8%),
Scottish (2.2%).
Elevation: 1104 feet
Land area: 8.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Airy
- High school or higher: 65.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Airy city
- Never married: 18.2%
- Now married: 51.2%
- Separated: 4.0%
- Widowed: 15.0%
- Divorced: 11.6%
6.1% Foreign born (3.6% Latin America, 1.9%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +743 (+9.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Mount Airy:
- NORTHERN HOSPITAL OF SURRY COUNTY (830
ROCKFORD ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Mount Airy:
- HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles;
ELKIN, NC)
- TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
GALAX, VA)
- HOOTS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 27 miles;
YADKINVILLE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Airy:
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 38 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 55 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
- ROANOKE REGIONAL/WOODRUM FIELD (about 72 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; ID: ROA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Airy:
- MOUNT AIRY/SURRY COUNTY (about 6 miles; MOUNT AIRY,
NC; ID: MWK)
- ELKIN MUNI (about 21 miles; ELKIN, NC; ID: ZEF)
- TWIN COUNTY (about 23 miles; GALAX HILLSVILLE, VA;
ID: HLX)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Airy:
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; Full-time enrollment: 5,944)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
- NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; DUBLIN,
VA; FT enrollment: 2,262)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT
enrollment: 8,034)
- NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV
(about 50 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 6,970)
- VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about
50 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 25,754)
Public high schools in Mount Airy:
- NORTH SURRY HIGH (Students: 1,042; Location:
2440 W PINE STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MOUNT AIRY HIGH (Students: 555; Location:
1011 N SOUTH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Mount Airy:
- FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY (Students: 661; Location:
519 S FRANKLIN ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- MOUNT AIRY MIDDLE (Students: 506; Location:
249 HAMBURG STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BRUCE H THARRINGTON ELEM (Students: 472;
Location: 315 CULBERT STREET; Grades: PK - 02)
- J SAM GENTRY MIDDLE (Students: 466; Location:
1915 W PINE STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MEADOWVIEW MIDDLE (Students: 465; Location:
1282 MCKINNEY ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WHITE PLAINS ELEMENTARY (Students: 392;
Location: 710 CADLE FORD RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- JONES ELEMENTARY (Students: 371; Location:
2170 RIVERSIDE DRIVE; Grades: 03 - 05)
- FLAT ROCK ELEMENTARY (Students: 320;
Location: 1539 E PINE ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- MILLENNIUM CHARTER ACADEMY (Students: 197;
Location: 500 OLD SPRINGS ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
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