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Roan Mountain |
Population (year
2000): 1,160
Males: 570
(49.1%),
Females: 590
(50.9%)
Elevation: 2575
feet
County:
Carter
Land area: 7.4
square miles
Zip code:
37687
Median resident
age: 37.5 years
Median household
income: $17,813
(year 2000)
Median house
value: $77,300
(year 2000)
Ancestries:
United States
(26.5%), English
(9.3%), German
(9.1%),
Scotch-Irish
(5.9%), Irish
(5.3%), Dutch
(1.8%).
For population
25 years and
over in Roan
Mountain
-
High school
or higher:
60.4%
-
Bachelor's
degree or
higher: 6.8%
-
Graduate or
professional
degree: 4.0%
-
Unemployed:
0.9%
-
Mean travel
time to
work: 26.9
minutes
For population
15 years and
over in Roan
Mountain CDP
-
Never
married:
20.3%
-
Now married:
59.3%
-
Separated:
1.8%
-
Widowed:
7.6%
-
Divorced:
11.0%
0.0% Foreign
born
Industries
providing
employment:
Manufacturing
(27.6%),
Educational, health
and social
services
(17.3%), Retail
trade (11.7%),
Construction
(11.5%).
Hospitals/medical
centers
near
Roan
Mountain:
- SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; ELIZABETHTON, TN)
- CANNON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; LINVILLE, NC)
- SPRUCE PINE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; SPRUCE PINE, NC)
Colleges/universities
with
over
2000
students
nearest
to
Roan
Mountain:
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 9,498)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 52 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 54 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; HICKORY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,052)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
Public
high
school
in
Roan
Mountain:
- CLOUDLAND HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 387; Location: 476 CLOUDLAND DR; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public
primary/middle
school
in
Roan
Mountain:
- CLOUDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 394; Location: 600 OLD 143 HW; Grades: KG - 06)
Roan
Mountain
compared
to
Tennessee
state
average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
- Population density significantly below state average for cities.
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