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Population (year 2000): 4,485. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,530 (+1.0% change)
Males: 2,044 (45.6%), Females: 2,441 (54.4%)
Burke County
Zip code:
28690
Median resident age: 39.6 years
Median household income: $30,617 (year 2000)
Median house value: $82,400 (year 2000)
Races in Valdese:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.9%)
- Hispanic (4.9%)
- Other Asian (3.6%)
- Other race (2.3%)
- Black (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (11.8%), United States
(10.1%), English (8.0%), Irish (7.9%), Italian (5.8%),
Scotch-Irish (3.2%).
Elevation: 1203 feet
Land area: 5.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Valdese
- High school or higher: 70.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
- Unemployed: 2.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Valdese town
- Never married: 18.0%
- Now married: 57.7%
- Separated: 3.4%
- Widowed: 9.7%
- Divorced: 11.3%
5.9% Foreign born (3.5% Latin America, 1.8%
Asia, 0.6% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +474 (+11.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Valdese:
- VALDESE GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (720 MALCOLM
BLVD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Valdese:
- BROUGHTON HOSP (about 11 miles; MORGANTON, NC)
- BROUGHTON HOSPITAL-MEDICAL UNIT (about 11 miles;
MORGANTON, NC)
- GRACE HOSPITAL INC (about 11 miles; MORGANTON, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Valdese:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 13 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 58 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 71 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Valdese:
- MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 6 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID:
MRN)
- GRACE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL (about 7 miles;
MORGANTON, NC; ID: NC1)
- WILSON'S (about 16 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Valdese:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 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 35 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 39 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 58 miles;
SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about
60 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,041)
Public primary/middle schools in Valdese:
- HERITAGE MIDDLE (Students: 752; Location:
1951 ENON ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- VALDESE ELEMENTARY (Students: 438; Location:
298 PRALEY STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
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