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Population (year 2000): 328. Estimated
population in July 2005: 327 (-0.3% change)
Males: 168 (51.2%), Females: 160 (48.8%)
Cleveland County
Zip code:
28169
Median resident age: 39.3 years
Median household income: $32,031 (year 2000)
Median house value: $68,600 (year 2000)
Races in Waco:
- White Non-Hispanic (80.5%)
- Black (18.3%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (24.7%), German
(8.8%), Irish (7.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%), English (1.5%), Dutch
(1.2%).
Elevation: 934 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Waco
- High school or higher: 64.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
- Unemployed: 2.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Waco town
- Never married: 20.7%
- Now married: 53.5%
- Separated: 3.5%
- Widowed: 3.9%
- Divorced: 18.4%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +7 (+2.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Waco:
- CLEVELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles;
SHELBY, NC)
- KINGS MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL INC (about 10 miles; KINGS
MOUNTAIN, NC)
- LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; LINCOLNTON,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Waco:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 26 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 37 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 64 miles; GREER,
SC; ID: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Waco:
- SHELBY MUNI (about 15 miles; SHELBY, NC; ID: EHO)
- WILSON'S (about 21 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
- LINCOLNTON-LINCOLN COUNTY RGNL (about 21 miles;
LINCOLNTON, NC; ID: IPJ)
Amtrak station near Waco:
- 20 miles: GASTONIA (350 HANCOCK ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term
parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Waco:
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 18 miles; DALLAS, NC;
Full-time enrollment: 2,473)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
HICKORY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,052)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 43 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,221)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about
45 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,041)
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