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Population (year 2000): 1,465. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,571 (+7.2% change)
Males: 651 (44.4%), Females: 814 (55.6%)
Stokes County
Zip code:
27052
Median resident age: 44.7 years
Median household income: $31,944 (year 2000)
Median house value: $79,600 (year 2000)
Races in Walnut Cove:
- White Non-Hispanic (78.6%)
- Black (19.1%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (15.8%), German
(10.6%), English (9.9%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%), Irish (3.1%),
French (2.1%).
Elevation: 689 feet
Land area: 2.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Walnut Cove
- High school or higher: 73.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
- Unemployed: 24.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Walnut Cove town
- Never married: 19.7%
- Now married: 52.4%
- Separated: 4.7%
- Widowed: 12.1%
- Divorced: 11.1%
2.1% Foreign born (1.6% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +134 (+10.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Walnut Cove:
- STOKES-REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
DANBURY, NC)
- NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITALS (about 20 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC)
- AMOS COTTAGE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 20
miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Walnut Cove:
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 13 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 21 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 59 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Walnut Cove:
- MEADOW BROOK FIELD (about 1 miles; WALNUT COVE, NC;
ID: N63)
- DS BUTLER FARM AND AIRFIELD (about 13 miles; OAK
RIDGE, NC; ID: N83)
- ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NC SHILOH (about 23 miles;
REIDSVILLE, NC; ID: 78N)
Amtrak station near Walnut Cove:
- 16 miles: WINSTON-SALEM (127 S. CHERRY ST.) - Bus
Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Walnut Cove:
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; Full-time enrollment: 5,944)
- NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV
(about 17 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 6,970)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
- HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; HIGH POINT,
NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
- GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25
miles; JAMESTOWN, NC; FT enrollment: 4,810)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO (about 28
miles; GREENSBORO, NC; FT enrollment: 10,868)
Public high school in Walnut Cove:
- SOUTH STOKES HIGH (Students: 677; Location:
1100 S STOKES HIGH DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Walnut Cove:
- SOUTHEASTERN STOKES MIDDLE (Students: 534;
Location: 1044 N MAIN STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WALNUT COVE ELEMENTARY (Students: 339;
Location: 1211 WALNUT COVE SCHOOL RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- LONDON ELEMENTARY (Students: 283; Location:
609 SCHOOL STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
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