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

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Population (year 2000): 3,713
Males: 1,823   (49.1%)
Females: 1,890   (50.9%)

Alexander County

Median resident age:   39.1 years
North Carolina median age:   35.3 years

Zip codes: 28681 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $51,600 (it was $52,443 in 2000)
Bethlehem   $51,600
North Carolina:   $40,729

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $139,400 (it was $129,300 in 2000)
Bethlehem   $139,400
North Carolina:   $127,600

Bethlehem, NC residents, houses, and apartments details

 

Races in Bethlehem:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.9%)
  • Hispanic (1.8%)
  • Other Asian (1.2%)
  • Other race (0.7%)
  • Black (0.5%)


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Ancestries: German (17.9%), United States (15.3%), Irish (12.8%), English (11.6%), Scotch-Irish (4.1%), Scottish (3.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 7.59 square miles.

Population density: 489 people per square mile 
 
 (low).




Bethlehem

For population 25 years and over in Bethlehem

  • High school or higher: 83.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
  • Unemployed: 1.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 22.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bethlehem CDP

  • Never married: 15.1%
  • Now married: 69.0%
  • Separated: 3.5%
  • Widowed: 4.5%
  • Divorced: 7.9%

94 residents are foreign born (0.9% Asia, 0.9% North America, 0.5% Europe).

This place:   2.5%
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:

Bethlehem:   0.5% ($634)
North Carolina:   0.8% ($826)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Gastonia, NC (39.3 miles , pop. 66,277).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (52.6 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (512.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: St. Stephens, NC (3.3 miles ), Hickory, NC (5.7 miles ), Northlakes, NC (5.8 miles ), Brookford, NC (8.4 miles ), Conover, NC (8.6 miles ), Long View, NC (8.6 miles ), Granite Falls, NC (9.6 miles ), Rhodhiss, NC (10.0 miles ).

Latitude: 35.81 N, Longitude: 81.29 W


Area code: 828

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Most common industries for males:



  • Furniture and related products (20%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Furniture and related products (13%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Apparel (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)


Average climate in Bethlehem, North Carolina

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Bethlehem-area historical tornado activity is slightly below North Carolina state average. It is 15% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/7/1998, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 4.4 miles away from the Bethlehem place center injured 2 people and caused $1 million in damages.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 tornado 12.6 miles away from the place center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Bethlehem:
  • FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; HICKORY, NC)
  • CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; HICKORY, NC)
  • CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; LENOIR, NC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bethlehem:
  • HICKORY REGIONAL (about 9 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: HKY)
  • CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 49 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; ID: CLT)
  • SMITH REYNOLDS (about 78 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; ID: INT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bethlehem:
  • WILSON'S (about 12 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
  • LANEYS (about 21 miles; MAIDEN, NC; ID: N92)
  • MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 22 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID: MRN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bethlehem:
  • CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 9 miles; HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
  • GASTON COLLEGE (about 34 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,473)
  • APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
  • GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; BOILING SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
  • CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 53 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
  • WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; ROCK HILL, SC; FT enrollment: 4,976)

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Churches in Bethlehem include: Mount Bethel Church (A) , Shiloh Church (B) .

Cemetery: Pisgah Cemetery (1) .

Rivers: Upper Little River (A) , Middle Little River (B) .

 

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

Percentage of family households:
This place:   78.6%
Whole state:   68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:   3.7%
Whole state:   4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:   5.0%
Whole state:   12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:   2.7%
Whole state:   5.5%

Bethlehem compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below 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.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
Banks with branches in Bethlehem (2007 data):
  • First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: Bethlehem Branch at Rink Dam Road And N.C. Highway 127, branch established on 1968-10-28. Info updated 2006-07-11: Bank assets: $13,326.8 mil, Deposits: $11,030.1 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 339 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.






2004 Presidential Election results in Alexander County North Carolina:



6.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,587 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   6.14%
North Carolina average:   8.53%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Catawba County, NC  1.79% ($32,768 average AGI)
from Iredell County, NC  0.99% ($27,183)
from Caldwell County, NC  0.40% ($41,902)


5.79% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,251 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.79%
North Carolina average:   7.27%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Catawba County, NC  1.74% ($38,552 average AGI)
to Iredell County, NC  0.89% ($22,469)
to Caldwell County, NC  0.41% ($29,058)


Strongest AM radio stations in Bethlehem:
  • WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WCXN (1170 AM; daytime; 8 kW; CLAREMONT, NC; Owner: WCXN, INC.)
  • WAIZ (630 AM; 1 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: NEWTON-CONOVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WKGX (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WLTC (1370 AM; 20 kW; GASTONIA, NC)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WACB (860 AM; 1 kW; TAYLORSVILLE, NC)
  • WNNC (1230 AM; 1 kW; NEWTON, NC; Owner: NEWTON-CONOVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYCV (900 AM; 1 kW; GRANITE FALLS, NC; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WXIT (1200 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLOWING ROCK, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bethlehem:
  • W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
  • W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WFHE (90.3 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WKVS (103.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WXRC (95.7 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: PACIFIC BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
  • WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
  • WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WFMX (105.7 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WBAV-FM (101.9 FM; GASTONIA, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • W285DG (104.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • W267AN (101.3 FM; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC.)
  • WAGI-FM (105.3 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: GAFFNEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WPIR (88.1 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Bethlehem:
  • WHKY-TV (Channel 14; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
  • WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
  • WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
  • WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
  • WAFF (Channel 48; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)

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