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Population (year 2000): 1,195
Males: 776 (64.9%), Females: 419 (35.1%)
Anson County
Zip code:
28135
Median resident age: 34.0 years
Median household income: $30,329 (year 2000)
Median house value: $50,300 (year 2000)
Races in Polkton:
- Black (56.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (39.4%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
- Other Asian (1.3%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (9.3%), German (3.0%),
English (2.8%), Irish (2.2%), Subsaharan African (2.0%),
Scotch-Irish (1.6%).
Elevation: 305 feet
Land area: 2.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Polkton
- High school or higher: 60.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Polkton town
- Never married: 23.6%
- Now married: 58.4%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 6.3%
- Divorced: 9.1%
1.2% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near Polkton:
- ANSON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; WADESBORO, NC)
- STANLY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 24 miles;
ALBEMARLE, NC)
- UNION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 25 miles;
MONROE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Polkton:
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 53 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- MOORE COUNTY (about 59 miles; PINEHURST/SOUTHERN
PINES, NC; ID: SOP)
- FLORENCE REGIONAL (about 66 miles; FLORENCE, SC; ID:
FLO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Polkton:
- ANSON COUNTY (about 10 miles; WADESBORO, NC; ID: AFP)
- U S (about 15 miles; WINGATE, NC; ID: N46)
- PAGELAND (about 21 miles; PAGELAND, SC; ID: PYG)
College/University in Polkton:
- SOUTH PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 212; Location: PO BOX 126; Public)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Polkton:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 43
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 13,706)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 57 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,221)
- FLORENCE DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 62
miles; FLORENCE, SC; FT enrollment: 2,619)
- FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles; FLORENCE,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,922)
- HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 68 miles; HIGH POINT,
NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
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