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Population (year 2000): 1,293. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,283 (-0.8% change)
Males: 592 (45.8%), Females: 701 (54.2%)
Burke County
Zip code:
28671
Median resident age: 39.0 years
Median household income: $36,579 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,400 (year 2000)
Races in Rutherford College:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.5%)
- Other Asian (3.0%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Asian Indian (0.9%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (18.1%), English (11.9%),
United States (11.9%), Irish (9.3%), Scottish (4.3%), Italian
(3.5%).
Elevation: 1235 feet
Land area: 2.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rutherford College
- High school or higher: 77.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 2.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rutherford College town
- Never married: 17.8%
- Now married: 62.3%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 6.0%
- Divorced: 9.7%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +104 (+8.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rutherford College:
- VALDESE GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (about 3 miles;
VALDESE, NC)
- CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
HICKORY, NC)
- BROUGHTON HOSP (about 13 miles; MORGANTON, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rutherford College:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 11 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 56 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 73 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rutherford College:
- MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 7 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID:
MRN)
- GRACE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL (about 9 miles;
MORGANTON, NC; ID: NC1)
- WILSON'S (about 15 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rutherford College:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles;
HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 38 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 60 miles;
SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
Public primary/middle school in Rutherford College:
- RUTHERFORD COLLEGE ELEM (Students: 264;
Location: 170 HONEYCUTT DRIVE; Grades: PK - 05)
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