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Population (year 2000): 460. Estimated
population in July 2005: 467 (+1.5% change)
Males: 228 (49.6%), Females: 232 (50.4%)
Wilkes County
Zip code:
28670
Median resident age: 36.2 years
Median household income: $31,875 (year 2000)
Median house value: $69,200 (year 2000)
Races in Ronda:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
- Hispanic (4.6%)
- Other race (1.7%)
Ancestries: United States (20.7%), English
(10.0%), Irish (9.6%), German (2.8%), Scotch-Irish (2.0%), Dutch
(1.3%).
Elevation: 935 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ronda
- High school or higher: 47.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
- Unemployed: 4.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ronda town
- Never married: 19.0%
- Now married: 66.5%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 6.4%
- Divorced: 5.4%
3.0% Foreign born (3.0% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +97 (+26.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ronda:
- HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles;
ELKIN, NC)
- WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
NORTH WILKESBORO, NC)
- HOOTS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 22 miles;
YADKINVILLE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ronda:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 46 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 51 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 71 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ronda:
- SWAN CREEK (about 6 miles; JONESVILLE, NC; ID: 78A)
- WILKES COUNTY (about 10 miles; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC;
ID: UKF)
- ELKIN MUNI (about 12 miles; ELKIN, NC; ID: ZEF)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ronda:
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,271)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles;
HICKORY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,052)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 64 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
Public high school in Ronda:
- EAST WILKES HIGH (Students: 513; Location:
13315 ELKIN HWY 268; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Ronda:
- EAST WILKES MIDDLE (Students: 454; Location:
2202 MACEDONIA ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RONDA-CLINGMAN ELEMENTARY (Students: 304;
Location: 316 RONDA-CLINGMAN SCHOOL RD; Grades: PK - 05)
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