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Population (year 2000): 1,389. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,387 (-0.1% change)
Males: 621 (44.7%), Females: 768 (55.3%)
Zip code:
27306
Median resident age: 38.3 years
Median household income: $31,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $74,500 (year 2000)
Races in Mount Gilead:
- Black (50.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (46.0%)
- Other Asian (1.4%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Asian Indian (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (6.8%), English
(6.8%), Scotch-Irish (4.4%), Irish (4.2%), German (2.5%),
Scottish (2.5%).
Land area: 3.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mount Gilead
- High school or higher: 74.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
- Unemployed: 6.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mount Gilead town
- Never married: 26.3%
- Now married: 55.2%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 10.6%
- Divorced: 5.5%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +52 (+3.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mount Gilead:
- FIRSTHEALTH MONTGOMERY MEMORIAL HOSP (about 13
miles; TROY, NC)
- STANLY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 17 miles;
ALBEMARLE, NC)
- ANSON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; WADESBORO,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mount Gilead:
- MOORE COUNTY (about 44 miles; PINEHURST/SOUTHERN
PINES, NC; ID: SOP)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 60 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 65 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mount Gilead:
- ANSON COUNTY (about 15 miles; WADESBORO, NC; ID:
AFP)
- STANLY COUNTY (about 18 miles; ALBEMARLE, NC; ID:
VUJ)
- MONTGOMERY COUNTY (about 20 miles; STAR, NC; ID:
43A)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mount Gilead:
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,499)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 51
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
- HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; HIGH POINT,
NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
- GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 54
miles; JAMESTOWN, NC; FT enrollment: 4,810)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV
(about 60 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 6,970)
Public high school in Mount Gilead:
- WEST MONTGOMERY HIGH (Students: 680;
Location: 147 WARRIOR DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Mount Gilead:
- WEST MIDDLE (Students: 589; Location: 129 NC
HWY 109S; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MOUNT GILEAD ELEMENTARY (Students: 381;
Location: 100 SCHOOL STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
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