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Population (year 2000): 2,607. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,716 (+4.2% change)
Males: 1,191 (45.7%), Females: 1,416 (54.3%)
Carroll County
Zip code:
24343
Median resident age: 43.3 years
Median household income: $27,148 (year 2000)
Median house value: $75,100 (year 2000)
Races in Hillsville:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.5%)
- Hispanic (3.3%)
- Other race (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
Ancestries: United States (18.7%), English
(14.6%), German (10.5%), Irish (8.9%), Scotch-Irish (3.4%),
Dutch (2.0%).
Elevation: 2557 feet
Land area: 5.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Hillsville
- High school or higher: 72.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.8%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Hillsville town
- Never married: 19.0%
- Now married: 53.0%
- Separated: 3.7%
- Widowed: 13.6%
- Divorced: 10.7%
2.1% Foreign born (1.3% Latin America, 0.5%
Asia, 0.3% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -94 (-3.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Hillsville:
- TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
GALAX, VA)
- NORTHERN HOSPITAL OF SURRY COUNTY (about 20 miles;
MOUNT AIRY, NC)
- PULASKI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; PULASKI,
VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Hillsville:
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 56 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- ROANOKE REGIONAL/WOODRUM FIELD (about 66 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; ID: ROA)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 73 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Hillsville:
- TWIN COUNTY (about 6 miles; GALAX HILLSVILLE, VA;
ID: HLX)
- MOUNT AIRY/SURRY COUNTY (about 25 miles; MOUNT AIRY,
NC; ID: MWK)
- NEW RIVER VALLEY (about 27 miles; DUBLIN, VA; ID:
PSK)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Hillsville:
- NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles; DUBLIN,
VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,262)
- RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT
enrollment: 8,034)
- VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about
40 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 25,754)
- BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 49 miles; BLUEFIELD,
WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
- CONCORD COLLEGE (about 51 miles; ATHENS, WV; FT
enrollment: 2,723)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
Public high school in Hillsville:
- CARROLL COUNTY HIGH (Students: 819; Location:
100 CAVS LN; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Hillsville:
- CARROLL COUNTY INT. (Students: 715; Location:
1036 N MAIN ST; Grades: 08 - 09)
- HILLSVILLE ELEM. (Students: 326; Location:
205 OAK ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- GLADESBORO ELEM. (Students: 134; Location:
7845 SNAKE CREEK; Grades: KG - 05)
- SOUTHWESTERN VA TR CTR EP (Location: RT 1
HIGHWAY 58 WEST; Grades: PK - 12)
- CARROLL/GALAX/JOY RANCH REG ALTERNATIVE ED
(Location: C/O CARROL CO PUBLIC SCHLS; Grades: 06 - 12)
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