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Population (year 2000): 8,696. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,755 (+0.7% change)
Males: 3,899 (44.8%), Females: 4,797 (55.2%)
Person County
Zip code:
27573
Median resident age: 37.5 years
Median household income: $26,875 (year 2000)
Median house value: $72,900 (year 2000)
Races in Roxboro:
- White Non-Hispanic (49.0%)
- Black (45.4%)
- Hispanic (3.8%)
- Other race (2.6%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: United States (11.4%), English
(7.2%), Irish (3.7%), German (2.9%).
Elevation: 660 feet
Land area: 6.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Roxboro
- High school or higher: 65.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Roxboro city
- Never married: 27.1%
- Now married: 43.3%
- Separated: 4.8%
- Widowed: 11.9%
- Divorced: 12.9%
2.0% Foreign born (1.7% Latin America, 0.2%
North America).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,087 (+14.3%).
Hospital/medical center in Roxboro:
- PERSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (615 RIDGE
RD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Roxboro:
- JOHN UMSTEAD HOSP (about 24 miles; BUTNER, NC)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; DURHAM,
NC)
- GRANVILLE MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles; OXFORD,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Roxboro:
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 28 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
- RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (about 39 miles; RALEIGH/DURHAM,
NC; ID: RDU)
- LYNCHBURG REGIONAL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (about 66
miles; LYNCHBURG, VA; ID: LYH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Roxboro:
- PERSON COUNTY (about 8 miles; ROXBORO, NC; ID: TDF)
- WHITFIELD FARMS (about 10 miles; HURDLE MILLS, NC;
ID: 4W4)
- WILLIAM M TUCK (about 24 miles; SOUTH BOSTON, VA;
ID: W78)
College/University in Roxboro:
- PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 1,058; Location: 1715 COLLEGE DR; Public;
Website: www.piedmont.cc.nc.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Roxboro:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (about
25 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Full-time enrollment: 22,324)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT
enrollment: 11,898)
- NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 4,487)
- DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,338)
- ELON COLLEGE (about 40 miles; ELON, NC; FT
enrollment: 3,993)
- VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles;
HENDERSON, NC; FT enrollment: 2,076)
- MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 45 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,173)
Public high school in Roxboro:
- PERSON HIGH (Students: 1,716; Location: 1010
RIDGE RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Roxboro:
- ROXBORO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 113;
Location: P O BOX 1357; Grades: KG - 12)
- PERSON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 21;
Location: PO BOX 1201 INDUSTRIAL DR; Grades: 2 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Roxboro:
- NORTHERN MIDDLE (Students: 782; Location:
1935 CARVER DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SOUTHERN MIDDLE (Students: 697; Location: 209
SOUTHERN MIDDLE SCH RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- STORIES CREEK ELEMENTARY (Students: 400;
Location: 133 STORIES CREEK SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: KG -
05)
- SOUTH ELEMENTARY (Students: 368; Location:
1333 HURDLE MILLS RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- NORTH END ELEMENTARY (Students: 309;
Location: 378 MILL CREEK RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- BETHEL HILL CHARTER (Students: 308; Location:
401 BETHEL HILL SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: KG - 06)
- NORTH ELEMENTARY (Students: 296; Location:
260 HENDERSON RD; Grades: KG - 05)
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