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Population (year 2000): 297. Estimated
population in July 2005: 301 (+1.3% change)
Males: 152 (51.2%), Females: 145 (48.8%)
Oconee County
Zip code:
29696
Median resident age: 43.9 years
Median household income: $24,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,700 (year 2000)
Races in West Union:
- White Non-Hispanic (80.1%)
- Hispanic (15.8%)
- Other race (7.7%)
- American Indian (3.7%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Black (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (21.9%), Irish
(11.1%), English (9.4%), German (7.4%), Dutch (1.3%), French
(1.3%).
Elevation: 980 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Union
- High school or higher: 63.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.2%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Union town
- Never married: 24.8%
- Now married: 56.8%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 6.0%
- Divorced: 11.5%
12.1% Foreign born (12.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +33 (+12.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Union:
- OCONEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; SENECA,
SC)
- STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; TOCCOA,
GA)
- HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC (about 24 miles;
HIGHLANDS, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Union:
- ANDERSON RGNL (about 31 miles; ANDERSON, SC; ID:
AND)
- DONALDSON CENTER (about 47 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
ID: GYH)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 58 miles; GREER,
SC; ID: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Union:
- OCONEE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 13 miles; CLEMSON, SC;
ID: CEU)
- TOCCOA RG LETOURNEAU FIELD (about 21 miles; TOCCOA,
GA; ID: TOC)
- PICKENS COUNTY (about 24 miles; PICKENS, SC; ID: LQK)
Amtrak station near West Union:
- 16 miles: CLEMSON (U.S. 123 & STATE HWY. 133).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Union:
- TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 21 miles;
PENDLETON, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,343)
- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; CLEMSON, SC; FT
enrollment: 15,962)
- WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles;
CULLOWHEE, NC; FT enrollment: 5,843)
- FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; GREENVILLE, SC;
FT enrollment: 2,915)
- BOB JONES UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; GREENVILLE,
SC; FT enrollment: 3,577)
- GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 6,157)
- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (about 61 miles; ATHENS, GA;
FT enrollment: 28,464)
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