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Morristown |
Population (year
2000): 24,965
Males: 12,041
(48.2%),
Females: 12,924
(51.8%)
Elevation: 1350
feet
County:
Hamblen
Land area: 20.9
square miles
Zip codes:
37813,
37814.
Median resident
age: 36.1 years
Median household
income: $27,005
(year 2000)
Median house
value: $72,800
(year 2000)
Ancestries:
United States
(20.9%), English
(9.4%), Irish
(8.7%), German
(7.2%),
Scotch-Irish
(2.7%), Dutch
(2.0%).
For population
25 years and
over in
Morristown
-
High school
or higher:
64.5%
-
Bachelor's
degree or
higher:
13.6%
-
Graduate or
professional
degree: 5.2%
-
Unemployed:
5.0%
-
Mean travel
time to
work: 18.5
minutes
For population
15 years and
over in
Morristown city
-
Never
married:
23.0%
-
Now married:
51.5%
-
Separated:
2.6%
-
Widowed:
9.8%
-
Divorced:
13.0%
9.3% Foreign
born (8.3% Latin
America).
Single-family
new house
construction
building
permits:
-
1996: 57
buildings,
average
cost:
$111,400
-
1997: 80
buildings,
average
cost:
$89,500
-
1998: 59
buildings,
average
cost:
$114,400
-
1999: 43
buildings,
average
cost:
$97,600
-
2000: 50
buildings,
average
cost:
$93,600
-
2001: 32
buildings,
average
cost:
$102,600
-
2002: 34
buildings,
average
cost:
$129,200
-
2003: 47
buildings,
average
cost:
$137,800
Industries
providing
employment:
Manufacturing
(36.7%),
Educational, health
and social
services
(13.3%), Retail
trade (11.2%).
Crime
in
Morristown
(2002):
- 4 murders (15.7 per 100,000)
- 7 rapes (27.5 per 100,000)
- 33 robberies (129.7 per 100,000)
- 124 assaults (487.4 per 100,000)
- 211 burglaries (829.4 per 100,000)
- 1,426 larceny counts (5605.6 per 100,000)
- 116 auto thefts (456.0 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 491.0 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Hospitals/medical
centers
in
Morristown:
- LAKEWAY REGIONAL HOSPITAL (726 MCFARLAND ST)
- MORRISTOWN HAMBLEN HOSPITAL ASSOC (908 W 4TH NORTH ST)
Other
hospitals/medical
centers
near
Morristown:
- JEFFERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN)
- BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF COCKE COUNTY (about 19 miles; NEWPORT, TN)
- CLAIBORNE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; TAZEWELL, TN)
Colleges/Universities
in
Morristown:
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 3,893; Location: 500 S DAVY CROCKETT PKY; Public; Website: www.wscc.cc.tn.us)
- TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER AT MORRISTOWN (FT enrollment: 631; Location: 821 W LOUISE AVE; Public; Website: WWW.Morristown.Tec.TN.US)
- HAMBLEN SCHOOL OF BEAUTY (Location: 133 W MAIN ST; Private, for-profit)
- MORRISTOWN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (Location: 400 N HENRY ST; Private, for-profit)
Other
colleges/universities
with
over
2000
students
near
Morristown:
- CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 15 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,073)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 49 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 23,333)
- PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 65 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 67 miles; CULLOWHEE, NC; FT enrollment: 5,843)
Public
high
schools
in
Morristown:
- MORRISTOWN HIGH EAST (Students: 1,254; Location: ONE HURRICANE LA; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MORRISTOWN HIGH WEST (Students: 1,134; Location: 1025 SULPHUR SPRINGS RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HAMBLEN COUNTY ADULT HIGH SCH (Students: 3; Location: 210 E MORRIS BL; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private
high
schools
in
Morristown:
- LAKEWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 49; Location: 415 CENTRAL CHURCH RD; Grades: KG - 12)
- FAITH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 46; Location: 1905 IVY LANE; Grades: KG - 12)
- MORRISTOWN COVENANT ACADEMY (Students: 42; Location: PO BOX 1737 219 E FIRST NORTH; Grades: KG - 12)
- FAIRVIEW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 18; Location: 1330 MARGUERITE DRIVE; Grades: KG - 12)
Biggest
public
primary/middle
schools
in
Morristown:
- LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY (Students: 613; Location: 215 LINCOLN AV; Grades: KG - 05)
- WEST VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 592; Location: ONE INDIAN PATH; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MEADOWVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 534; Location: 1623 MEADOWVIEW LN; Grades: 06 - 08)
- LINCOLN HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 475; Location: 219 LINCOLN AV; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HAMBLEN COUNTY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL (Students: 470; Location: 376 SYNDER RD; Grades: KG - 12)
- JOHN HAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 467; Location: 501 BRITTAIN COURT; Grades: KG - 05)
- FAIRVIEW MARGUERITE ELEMENTARY (Students: 444; Location: 2125 FAIRVIEW RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- MANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 429; Location: 551 WEST ECONOMY RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 397; Location: 235 W CONVERSE; Grades: KG - 05)
- ALPHA PRIMARY SCHOOL (Students: 338; Location: 5626 US 11E HW; Grades: KG - 02)
Private
primary/middle
schools
in
Morristown:
- ALL SAINTS' DAY SCHOOL (Students: 209; Location: 601 W. MAIN STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- HELICON-YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTE (Students: 41; Location: 407 W 5TH NORTH STREET; Grades: 4 - 11)
- SEVENTH DAY ADV SCHOOL (Students: 19; Location: 360 ECONOMY ROAD WEST; Grades: PK - 6)
- LAKE WAY ACADEMY (Students: 11; Location: 1923 SUIPHUR SPRINGS RD.; Grades: 6 - 8)
- CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CENTER (Students: 2; Location: 420 JAYBIRD ROAD; Grades: UG - UG)
Library
in
Morristown:
- MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $497,240; Location: 417 WEST MAIN STREET; 113,972 books; 2,355 audio materials; 3,411 video materials; 187 serial subscriptions)
Morristown
compared
to
Tennessee
state
average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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