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Population (year 2000): 4,856
Males: 2,258 (46.5%), Females: 2,598 (53.5%)
Wise County
Zip code:
24219
Median resident age: 39.8 years
Median household income: $21,584 (year 2000)
Median house value: $70,800 (year 2000)
Races in Big Stone Gap:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.4%)
- Black (4.4%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (25.5%), English
(12.9%), Irish (8.8%), German (7.6%), Dutch (3.0%), Scotch-Irish
(2.4%).
Elevation: 1550 feet
Land area: 4.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Big Stone Gap
- High school or higher: 66.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
- Unemployed: 5.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Big Stone Gap town
- Never married: 20.9%
- Now married: 51.2%
- Separated: 3.8%
- Widowed: 12.4%
- Divorced: 11.7%
0.3% Foreign born
Hospital/medical center in Big Stone Gap:
- WELMONT LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL (1990 HOLTON
AVENUE EAST PO DRAWER 1)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Big Stone Gap:
- NORTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; NORTON,
VA)
- ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; NORTON, VA)
- WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; WHITESBURG,
KY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Big
Stone Gap:
- TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 38 miles;
BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 100 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
- TRI-STATE/MILTON J. FERGUSON FIELD (about 105 miles;
HUNTINGTON, WV; ID: HTS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Big Stone Gap:
- LONESOME PINE (about 20 miles; WISE, VA; ID: LNP)
- HAWKINS COUNTY (about 30 miles; ROGERSVILLE, TN; ID:
RVN)
- LEE COUNTY (about 35 miles; JONESVILLE, VA; ID: 0VG)
College/University in Big Stone Gap:
- MOUNTAIN EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 1,759; Location: U.S. Highway 23 South;
Public; Website: www.me.cc.va.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Big Stone Gap:
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
36 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,729)
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles;
JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles;
MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 69
miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
- CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 72 miles; JEFFERSON
CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 86
miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
Public high school in Big Stone Gap:
- POWELL VALLEY HIGH (Students: 480; Location:
ONE AVENUE OF CHAMPIONS; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Big Stone Gap:
- POWELL VALLEY PRIMARY (Students: 652;
Location: 2945 SECOND AVENUE EAST; Grades: PK - 04)
- POWELL VALLEY MIDDLE (Students: 551;
Location: 3137 SECOND AVENUE EAST; Grades: 05 - 08)
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