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Population (year 2000): 395. Estimated
population in July 2005: 404 (+2.3% change)
Males: 196 (49.6%), Females: 199 (50.4%)
Accomack County
Zip code:
23308
Median resident age: 37.8 years
Median household income: $25,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $60,300 (year 2000)
Races in Bloxom:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.5%)
- Hispanic (14.2%)
- Other race (10.1%)
- Black (6.6%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (28.1%), English
(10.6%), Irish (9.6%), German (6.6%), Czech (3.3%), Swedish
(1.8%).
Elevation: 28 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bloxom
- High school or higher: 66.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.8%
- Unemployed: 6.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bloxom town
- Never married: 21.6%
- Now married: 47.2%
- Separated: 5.2%
- Widowed: 11.5%
- Divorced: 14.4%
5.1% Foreign born (5.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +38 (+10.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bloxom:
- EDWARD MCCREADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles;
CRISFIELD, MD)
- SHORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; NASSAWADOX,
VA)
- HEALTHSOUTH CHESAPEAKE REHAB HOSPITAL (about 38
miles; SALISBURY, MD)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bloxom:
- SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 36
miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
- LANGLEY AFB (about 73 miles; HAMPTON, VA; ID: LFI)
- OCEANA NAS /APOLLO SOUCEK FIELD/ (about 76 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; ID: NTU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bloxom:
- ACCOMACK COUNTY (about 17 miles; MELFA, VA; ID: MFV)
- CRISFIELD MUNI (about 19 miles; CRISFIELD, MD; ID:
W41)
- TANGIER ISLAND (about 25 miles; TANGIER, VA; ID:
TGI)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bloxom:
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE (about 27
miles; PRINCESS ANNE, MD; Full-time enrollment: 2,940)
- SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles;
SALISBURY, MD; FT enrollment: 5,645)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS
(about 61 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; HAMPTON, VA; FT
enrollment: 5,249)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 13,330)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 77 miles;
Hampton, VA; FT enrollment: 3,884)
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 78 miles; VIRGINIA
BEACH, VA; FT enrollment: 2,083)
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