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Population (year 2000): 504. Estimated
population in July 2005: 484 (-4.0% change)
Males: 237 (47.0%), Females: 267 (53.0%)
Charlotte County
Zip code:
23937
Median resident age: 44.0 years
Median household income: $25,583 (year 2000)
Median house value: $64,600 (year 2000)
Races in Drakes Branch:
- White Non-Hispanic (58.1%)
- Black (40.1%)
- Hispanic (2.0%)
Ancestries: United States (24.6%), English
(8.7%), Irish (2.8%), Subsaharan African (1.8%), German (1.6%),
Scottish (1.4%).
Elevation: 383 feet
Land area: 4.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Drakes Branch
- High school or higher: 64.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%
- Unemployed: 2.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Drakes Branch town
- Never married: 26.0%
- Now married: 44.6%
- Separated: 5.4%
- Widowed: 10.1%
- Divorced: 13.9%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -62 (-11.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Drakes Branch:
- SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
FARMVILLE, VA)
- HALIFAX-SOUTH BOSTON COMM HOSP (about 28 miles;
HALIFAX, VA)
- PIEDMONT GERIATRIC HOSP (about 31 miles; BURKEVILLE,
VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Drakes Branch:
- LYNCHBURG REGIONAL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (about 47
miles; LYNCHBURG, VA; ID: LYH)
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 59 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
- RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (about 79 miles; RALEIGH/DURHAM,
NC; ID: RDU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Drakes Branch:
- CHASE CITY MUNI (about 17 miles; CHASE CITY, VA; ID:
CXE)
- WILLIAM M TUCK (about 26 miles; SOUTH BOSTON, VA;
ID: W78)
- FARMVILLE REGIONAL (about 28 miles; FARMVILLE, VA;
ID: FVX)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Drakes Branch:
- LONGWOOD COLLEGE (about 26 miles; FARMVILLE, VA;
Full-time enrollment: 3,557)
- VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles;
HENDERSON, NC; FT enrollment: 2,076)
- LIBERTY UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; LYNCHBURG, VA;
FT enrollment: 5,348)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT
enrollment: 11,898)
- PIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71 miles;
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA; FT enrollment: 2,012)
- UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-MAIN CAMPUS (about 72 miles;
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA; FT enrollment: 19,602)
- DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,338)
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