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Population (year 2000): 1,880. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,898 (+1.0% change)
Males: 837 (44.5%), Females: 1,043 (55.5%)
Cherokee County
Zip code:
29702
Median resident age: 34.5 years
Median household income: $26,453 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,700 (year 2000)
Races in Blacksburg:
- White Non-Hispanic (74.0%)
- Black (23.6%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries: United States (26.1%), Irish
(10.2%), German (3.8%), Italian (2.2%), Dutch (1.9%),
Scotch-Irish (1.8%).
Elevation: 768 feet
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Blacksburg
- High school or higher: 59.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
- Unemployed: 5.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Blacksburg town
- Never married: 21.2%
- Now married: 47.9%
- Separated: 5.1%
- Widowed: 11.8%
- Divorced: 14.0%
0.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -173 (-8.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Blacksburg:
- UPSTATE CAROLINA MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles;
GAFFNEY, SC)
- CRAWLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC)
- KINGS MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL INC (about 14 miles; KINGS
MOUNTAIN, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Blacksburg:
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 41 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 44 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 52 miles; GREER,
SC; ID: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blacksburg:
- SHELBY MUNI (about 11 miles; SHELBY, NC; ID: EHO)
- GASTONIA MUNI (about 28 miles; GASTONIA, NC; ID: AKH)
- UNION COUNTY, TROY SHELTON FIELD (about 32 miles;
UNION, SC; ID: 35A)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Blacksburg:
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,563)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 28 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about
32 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,041)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 38 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,221)
- SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 41 miles;
SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles;
HICKORY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,052)
Public high school in Blacksburg:
- BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 529;
Location: 201 W RAMSEUR DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Blacksburg:
- BLACKSBURG ELEMENTARY (Students: 783;
Location: 402 HARDIN STREET; Grades: PK - 04)
- BLACKSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 592;
Location: 101 LONDON STREET; Grades: 05 - 08)
- BLACKSBURG PRIMARY SCHOOL (Location: 1010
EAST CHEROKEE STREET; Grades: KG - 02)
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