Bent Creek, North Carolina Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Weather Forecast, Area Code

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Population (year 2000): 1,389
Males: 683   (49.2%)
Females: 706   (50.8%)

Buncombe County

Median resident age:   40.5 years
North Carolina median age:   35.3 years

Zip codes: 28806 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $54,600 (it was $49,375 in 2000)
Bent Creek   $54,600
North Carolina:   $40,729

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $152,600 (it was $119,900 in 2000)
Bent Creek   $152,600
North Carolina:   $127,600

Bent Creek, NC residents, houses, and apartments details

 

Races in Bent Creek:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.7%)
  • Hispanic (1.1%)
  • Chinese (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)

Ancestries: United States (25.5%), English (21.8%), German (11.7%), Irish (8.2%), Scotch-Irish (7.2%), Scottish (3.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 2200 feet

Land area: 2.21 square miles.

Population density: 628 people per square mile 
 
 (low).




Bent Creek

For population 25 years and over in Bent Creek

  • High school or higher: 92.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.4%
  • Unemployed: 7.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bent Creek CDP

  • Never married: 20.2%
  • Now married: 61.2%
  • Separated: 3.4%
  • Widowed: 7.2%
  • Divorced: 8.0%

20 residents are foreign born

This place:   1.4%
North Carolina:   5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bent Creek:   0.6% ($774)
North Carolina:   0.8% ($826)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Asheville, NC (6.2 miles , pop. 68,889).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (124.1 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (559.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Avery Creek, NC (4.0 miles ), Biltmore Forest, NC (5.2 miles ), Asheville, NC (6.2 miles ), Royal Pines, NC (7.2 miles ), Fletcher, NC (8.8 miles ), Woodfin, NC (9.0 miles ), Mountain Home, NC (12.1 miles ), Etowah, NC (13.4 miles ).

Latitude: 35.51 N, Longitude: 82.61 W


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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (12%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • U. S. Postal service (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (20%)
  • Educational services (18%)
  • Personal and laundry services (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Top executives (7%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Personal appearance workers (8%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)


Average climate in Bent Creek, North Carolina

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Bent Creek-area historical tornado activity is below North Carolina state average. It is 30% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 55.3 miles away from the Bent Creek place center killed 2 people and injured 35 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 1/10/1975, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 25.0 miles away from the place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Bent Creek:
  • MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC)
  • THOMS REHABILITATION HOSP (about 8 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC)
  • PARK RIDGE HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; FLETCHER, NC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bent Creek:
  • ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 8 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; ID: AVL)
  • GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 51 miles; GREER, SC; ID: GSP)
  • DONALDSON CENTER (about 55 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; ID: GYH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bent Creek:
  • MEYERS (about 9 miles; CANDLER, NC; ID: N39)
  • TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY (about 17 miles; BREVARD, NC; ID: 22W)
  • HENDERSONVILLE (about 20 miles; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; ID: 0A7)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bent Creek:
  • ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 8 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,728)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 9 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
  • WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; CULLOWHEE, NC; FT enrollment: 5,843)
  • FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 2,915)
  • SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 45 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 2,086)
  • EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
  • CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; CLEMSON, SC; FT enrollment: 15,962)

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Reservoir: Bent Creek Ranch Lake (A) .

 

Average household size:
This place:   2.5 people
North Carolina:   2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:   75.9%
Whole state:   68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:   3.3%
Whole state:   4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:   9.0%
Whole state:   12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:   4.3%
Whole state:   5.5%

Bent Creek compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.





2004 Presidential Election results in Buncombe County North Carolina:



8.29% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,869 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   8.29%
North Carolina average:   8.53%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($320 average AGI)
Buncombe County:   0.09%
North Carolina average:   0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Henderson County, NC  0.67% ($45,806 average AGI)
from Haywood County, NC  0.30% ($54,829)
from Madison County, NC  0.24% ($26,653)


6.57% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,927 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   6.57%
North Carolina average:   7.27%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($354 average AGI)
Buncombe County:   0.05%
North Carolina average:   0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Henderson County, NC  0.88% ($44,461 average AGI)
to Haywood County, NC  0.29% ($31,500)
to Madison County, NC  0.25% ($27,719)


Strongest AM radio stations in Bent Creek:
  • WKJV (1380 AM; 25 kW; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST OUTREACH MISSIONS)
  • WWNC (570 AM; 5 kW; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WISE (1310 AM; 5 kW; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: ASHVILLE RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
  • WPEK (880 AM; daytime; 5 kW; FAIRVIEW, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WGCR (720 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PISGAH FOREST, NC; Owner: ANCHOR BAPTIST BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WWRN (1350 AM; 10 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLACK MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
  • WSKY (1230 AM; 1 kW; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MACON MEDIA, INC.)
  • WOXL (970 AM; 5 kW; CANTON, NC; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
  • WTZQ (1600 AM; 5 kW; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: HOUSTON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WJFJ (1160 AM; 10 kW; TRYON, NC; Owner: COLUMBUS BROADCAST CORPORATION, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bent Creek:
  • WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WCQS (88.1 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WLFA (91.3 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: ASHEVILLE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • W249AR (97.7 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WQNS (104.9 FM; WAYNESVILLE, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • W292CJ (106.3 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WTPT (93.3 FM; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: UPSTATE BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • W237AR (95.3 FM; HAZELWOOD, ETC., NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • W218AD (91.5 FM; BREVARD, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • WQNQ (104.3 FM; OLD FORT, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WMUU-FM (94.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WMUU, INC.)
  • WEPR (90.1 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
  • WAEZ (94.9 FM; GREENEVILLE, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Bent Creek:
  • WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • W14AS (Channel 14; WEST ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • WLOS (Channel 13; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: WLOS LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WYFF (Channel 4; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W51CK (Channel 51; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WUNF-TV (Channel 33; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • W23BQ (Channel 23; ASHEVILLE, ETC., NC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W41BQ (Channel 41; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WJJV-LP (Channel 25; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W08BP (Channel 8; BEAVER DAM, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • W52BA (Channel 52; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • W35AV (Channel 35; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • WAEN-LP (Channel 64; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: ASHEVILLE MEDIA GROUP, L.L.C.)
  • W69DC (Channel 69; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)

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