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Population (year 2000): 2,045
Males: 928 (45.4%), Females: 1,117 (54.6%)
Hertford County
Zip code:
27855
Median resident age: 43.3 years
Median household income: $29,716 (year 2000)
Median house value: $73,100 (year 2000)
Races in Murfreesboro:
- White Non-Hispanic (59.5%)
- Black (37.6%)
- Hispanic (2.0%)
- Other race (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: English (14.6%), United States
(11.9%), Irish (5.9%), German (3.7%), Scottish (2.8%),
Scotch-Irish (2.2%).
Elevation: 75 feet
Land area: 2.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Murfreesboro
- High school or higher: 77.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.9%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Murfreesboro town
- Never married: 23.6%
- Now married: 50.2%
- Separated: 4.7%
- Widowed: 13.0%
- Divorced: 8.5%
2.6% Foreign born (1.4% Asia, 0.5% Europe, 0.4%
Latin America, 0.3% North America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Murfreesboro:
- ROANOKE CHOWAN HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; AHOSKIE,
NC)
- SOUTHAMPTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
FRANKLIN, VA)
- OUR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; SCOTLAND
NECK, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Murfreesboro:
- PITT-GREENVILLE (about 59 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; ID:
PGV)
- NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 63
miles; NEWPORT NEWS, VA; ID: PHF)
- NORFOLK NS (about 66 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: NGU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Murfreesboro:
- TRI-COUNTY (about 12 miles; AHOSKIE, NC; ID: ASJ)
- FRANKLIN MUNI-JOHN BEVERLY ROSE (about 22 miles;
FRANKLIN, VA; ID: FKN)
- EMPORIA-GREENSVILLE REGIONAL (about 31 miles;
EMPORIA, VA; ID: EMV)
College/University in Murfreesboro:
- CHOWAN COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 722;
Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.chowan.edu)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Murfreesboro:
- VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles;
PETERSBURG, VA; Full-time enrollment: 3,641)
- CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles;
NEWPORT NEWS, VA; FT enrollment: 4,432)
- PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles; GREENVILLE,
NC; FT enrollment: 3,072)
- EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles;
GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 16,633)
- TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles;
NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 11,042)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 64 miles;
Hampton, VA; FT enrollment: 3,884)
- NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 5,820)
Public primary/middle schools in Murfreesboro:
- HERTFORD COUNTY MIDDLE (Students: 890;
Location: 1850 HWY 11N; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY (Students: 539;
Location: 236 US 158 BUSINESS; Grades: PK - 05)
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