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Population (year 2000): 665. Estimated
population in July 2005: 680 (+2.3% change)
Males: 310 (46.6%), Females: 355 (53.4%)
Giles County
Zip code:
24147
Median resident age: 47.5 years
Median household income: $34,519 (year 2000)
Median house value: $63,300 (year 2000)
Races in Rich Creek:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
- Black (1.4%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (16.7%), German
(10.4%), English (9.3%), Irish (7.2%), Scotch-Irish (5.7%),
French (2.9%).
Elevation: 1540 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rich Creek
- High school or higher: 73.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 8.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rich Creek town
- Never married: 13.9%
- Now married: 61.6%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 11.8%
- Divorced: 10.1%
1.4% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -67 (-9.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rich Creek:
- CARILION GILES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles;
PEARISBURG, VA)
- HEALTHSOUTH SOUTHERN HILLS REHAB HOS (about 18
miles; PRINCETON, WV)
- PRINCETON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
PRINCETON, WV)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Rich
Creek:
- RALEIGH COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 35 miles; BECKLEY,
WV; ID: BKW)
- GREENBRIER VALLEY (about 45 miles; LEWISBURG, WV;
ID: LWB)
- ROANOKE REGIONAL/WOODRUM FIELD (about 60 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; ID: ROA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rich Creek:
- NEW RIVER VALLEY (about 21 miles; DUBLIN, VA; ID:
PSK)
- MERCER COUNTY (about 28 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; ID:
BLF)
- VIRGINIA TECH (about 32 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; ID:
BCB)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rich Creek:
- CONCORD COLLEGE (about 14 miles; ATHENS, WV;
Full-time enrollment: 2,723)
- NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 22 miles; DUBLIN,
VA; FT enrollment: 2,262)
- RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT
enrollment: 8,034)
- BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 29 miles; BLUEFIELD,
WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
- VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about
36 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 25,754)
- NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE (about 52 miles; SALEM,
VA; FT enrollment: 2,382)
- VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles;
ROANOKE, VA; FT enrollment: 3,535)
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