Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,001 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $630 (0.6%)
Area name: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in York County is $613 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $680 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $857 a month.
Cities in this county include: Rock Hill
, Fort Mill
, York
, Tega Cay
, Newport
, Clover
, Lake Wylie
, Lesslie
, India Hook
, Riverview
.
2005 air pollution in York County:
Lead: 0.00 µg/m3
(standard limit: 1.5 µg/m3).
Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.091 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.079 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
Annual: 26 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10)
24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3):
51 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Cherokee County
, Chester County
, Cleveland County, North Carolina
, Lancaster County
, Gaston County, North Carolina
, Union County
, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in York County: Bethelwoods
Camp
(A),
Rock Hill Industrial Park
(B),
Grey Rock Golf Course
(C),
Worthy Boys Camp
(D),
Woodland Park Campground
(E),
Pinetuck Golf Course
(F),
Carolina Downs Country Club
(G),
Catawba Camp
(H),
New Zion Community Center
(I),
Crawford Community College
(J),
Bethesda Community Center
(K),
Catawba Community Pre-Release Center
(L),
Bethel Community Center
(M)
Shopping Center: Plaza
Shopping Center
(1).
Churches in York County include: Pleasnat
Ridge Church
(A),
Pleasant Valley Church
(B),
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church
(C),
Pleasant Grove Church
(D),
Hillcrest Church
(E),
Piney Grove Church
(F),
Pineville Church
(G),
Holiness Church
(H),
Bowling Green Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Kings
Mountain Battleground Cemetery
(1),
Olivet Cemetery
(2),
Mill Creek Cemetery
(3),
Bethany Cemetery
(4),
Bullock Creek Cemetery
(5),
Lakeview Memory Gardens
(6),
Gordon Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Mims
Lake
(A),
Adams Lake
(B),
Lower York Reservoir
(C),
Heritage Lake
(D),
Smiths Pond
(E),
Forest Lake
(F),
Blackwell Lake
(G),
Reids Pool
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Abernathy
Creek
(A),
Haggins Branch
(B),
Morrison Branch
(C),
Morris Branch
(D),
Prater Branch
(E),
Robertson Branch
(F),
Ross Branch
(G),
Guyonmoore Creek
(H),
Lindsey Creek
(I)
Parks in York County include: Kings
Mountain National Military Park
(1),
Kings Mountain State Park
(2),
Carowinds
(3),
Brattonsville Historic District
(4)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.2% | | South
Carolina: | 5.8% |
Current college students: 8,717
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 77.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,980 (37% naturalized citizens)
| York
County: |
2.4% | | Whole
state: | 2.9% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 1,442
- 1990
to 1994: 593
- 1985
to 1989: 297
- 1980
to 1984: 396
- 1975
to 1979: 407
- 1970
to 1974: 208
- 1970
to 1974: 207
- 1965
to 1969: 430
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Mean travel time to work: 27.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 59.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 43,575
- One,
attached: 1,731
- Two:
1,287
- 3
or 4: 2,069
- 5
to 9: 2,819
- 10
to 19: 1,649
- 20
or more: 1,334
- Mobile
homes: 11,526
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 71
Housing units in York County with a mortgage: 24,654 (2,968 second mortgage, 4,529 home equity loan, 94 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,408 Agriculture
in York County
Average size of farms: 139 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $96588
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $59348
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 19.98%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.92%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $42844
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.42%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 16.14
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 5.47%
Corn for grain: 348 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 580 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 1503 harvested acres
Vegetables: 101 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 194 acresYork
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below South Carolina state average. It is 1.3 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 9 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/24/1975, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 5 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (4%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Utilities
(4%)
- Machinery
(4%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Educational
services (13%)
- Health
care (11%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males in 2005:
|
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales
representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females in 2005:
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(28%)
- United
Kingdom (10%)
- Vietnam
(8%)
- Canada
(6%)
- Germany
(6%)
- Colombia
(4%)
- Laos
(4%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in York County:
|
- United
States or American (21%)
- Irish
(9%)
- German
(9%)
- English
(9%)
- Scotch-Irish
(7%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Scottish
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 65,664 (82%)
- Carpooled:
10,686 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 113 (0%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 18 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 19 (0%)
- Taxi:
57 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
50 (0%)
- Bicycle:
97 (0%)
- Walked:
925 (1%)
- Other
means: 689 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 1,678 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in York County, South Carolina
- 1941
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 804
people in nursing homes
- 485
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 344
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 186
people in state prisons
- 152
people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 114
people in other group homes
- 35
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 34
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 30
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 29
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 29
people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 25
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 14
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 12
people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 2
people in religious group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $53,975.
9.39% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($52,652 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
9.39% | | South
Carolina average: |
8.00% |
0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($314 average AGI)
| York
County: |
0.08% | | South
Carolina average: | 0.15% |
1.99% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($7,587 average AGI)
7.31% relocated from other states ($44,751 average AGI)
| York
County: |
7.31% | | South
Carolina average: |
4.33% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Mecklenburg County, NC
|
2.15% ($60,559 average AGI) |
| from
Chester County, SC
|
0.39% ($28,891) |
| from
Gaston County, NC
|
0.37% ($39,422) |
| from
Lancaster County, SC
|
0.35% ($32,490) |
| from
Richland County, SC
|
0.15% ($43,505) |
| from
Union County, NC
|
0.15% ($65,644) |
| from
Greenville County, SC
|
0.12% ($49,817) |
5.60% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,741 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.60% | | South
Carolina average: | 6.88% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($186 average AGI)
| York
County: |
0.04% | | South
Carolina average: | 0.11% |
1.61% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($10,527 average AGI)
3.95% relocated to other states ($33,028 average AGI)
| York
County: |
3.95% | | South
Carolina average: |
3.21% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Mecklenburg County, NC
|
1.05% ($40,701 average AGI) |
| to
Chester County, SC
|
0.32% ($31,493) |
| to
Gaston County, NC
|
0.31% ($36,319) |
| to
Lancaster County, SC
|
0.20% ($33,451) |
| to
Richland County, SC
|
0.15% ($33,238) |
| to
Charleston County, SC
|
0.11% ($37,378) |
| to
Horry County, SC
|
0.10% ($31,060) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.8
Births
per 1000 population in York County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in York County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in York County
|
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 22,501 (18,656 aged, 3,845 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 160,397
- In
family households: 140,273 (34,030 male householders, 11,023 female householders)
35,262
spouses, 48,862 children (43,901 natural, 1,499 adopted, 3,462 stepchildren), 4,033 grandchildren, 1,360 brothers or sisters, 974 parents, 2,038 other relatives, 2,691 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 20,124 (7,453 male householders (5,673 living alone)), 8,588 female householders (7,320 living alone)), 4,083 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 4,217 (1,748 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 18,314 2-persons, 11,190 3-persons, 9,833 4-persons, 3,936 5-persons, 1,254 6-persons, 526 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 12,993 1-person, 2,462 2-persons, 379 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons.
28,308 married couples with children.
9,969 single-parent households (1,960 men, 8,009 women).
95.4% of residents of York County speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $671,045,000 ($3652 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $31,698,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $369,443,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $145,116,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,241,000
Federal grants: $114,978,000
Federal procurement contracts: $9,109,000 ($2,735,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $30,158,000 ($7,219,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $36,741,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $148,906,000
Federal Government insurance: $46,271,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 12,363
| Here: |
65 per 1000 residents | | State: | 69
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 7,087
| Here: |
37 per 1000 residents | | State: | 46
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +1,173
| Here: |
+6 per 1000 residents | | State: | +9
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +19,322
| Here: |
+102 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+27 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in York County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 14.68 millions of gallons per day (12% from ground, 88% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 3,267
- 1995
to 1998: 10,602
- 1990
to 1994: 7,726
- 1980
to 1989: 13,275
- 1970
to 1979: 11,526
- 1960
to 1969: 7,078
- 1950
to 1959: 5,639
- 1940
to 1949: 3,351
- 1939
or earlier: 3,597
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in York County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 28
- 2
rooms: 251
- 3
rooms: 1,137
- 4
rooms: 4,813
- 5
rooms: 11,228
- 6
rooms: 10,931
- 7
rooms: 7,298
- 8
rooms: 4,464
- 9
or more rooms: 4,495
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in York County, South Carolina: |
- 1
room: 203
- 2
rooms: 1,140
- 3
rooms: 2,383
- 4
rooms: 5,757
- 5
rooms: 3,932
- 6
rooms: 1,956
- 7
rooms: 708
- 8
rooms: 232
- 9
or more rooms: 95
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in York County:
|
- no
bedroom: 100
- 1
bedroom: 951
- 2
bedrooms: 8,755
- 3
bedrooms: 26,062
- 4
bedrooms: 7,563
- 5
or more bedrooms: 1,214
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in York County:
|
- no
bedroom: 245
- 1
bedroom: 3,087
- 2
bedrooms: 8,170
- 3
bedrooms: 4,456
- 4
bedrooms: 399
- 5
or more bedrooms: 49
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Cars
and other vehicles available in York County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,693
- 1
vehicle: 10,212
- 2
vehicles: 20,741
- 3
vehicles: 8,800
- 4
vehicles: 2,404
- 5
or more vehicles: 795
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Cars
and other vehicles available in York County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 2,495
- 1
vehicle: 7,538
- 2
vehicles: 5,148
- 3
vehicles: 994
- 4
vehicles: 107
- 5
or more vehicles: 124
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53% of York County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in South Carolina.
| York
County: |
52.9% | | State
average: | 56.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 84471
- Northeast:
12965
- Midwest:
9817
- South:
49299
- West:
3082
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,700 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (45%)
- Electricity
(42%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(55%)
- Utility
gas (31%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood
(1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,584
| Here: |
7.7% | | South
Carolina: | 9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 448
| Here: |
5.0% | | South
Carolina: | 8.1% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 678
| Here: |
8.8% | | South
Carolina: | 20.3% |
York
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $37,372,000
- Charges
- All Other: $4,411,000
Solid Waste Management: $4,405,000
Parks & Recreation: $173,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $9,252,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,391,000
Corrections - Other: $5,666,000
Solid Waste Management: $5,326,000
General - Other: $5,211,000
Central Staff Services: $4,141,000
Parks & Recreation: $3,939,000
Libraries: $3,498,000
Water Utilities: $3,434,000
Financial Administration: $2,679,000
General Public Buildings: $2,494,000
Regular Highways: $2,318,000
Fire Protection: $1,886,000
Welfare - Other: $1,173,000
Health Services - Other: $951,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $682,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,426,000
Housing & Community Development: $105,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $9,552,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare: $469,000
Health: $79,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $847,000
General Support: $1,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $82,180,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $63,317,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $19,990,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $39,427,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $73,580,000
Other, NEC: $31,550,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $8,600,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $12,330,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $6,343,000
General Revenue, NEC: $4,024,000
Rents: $287,000
Property Sale Other: $23,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Solid Waste Management: $1,446,000
Water Utilities: $1,007,000
Central Staff: $970,000
Fire Protection: $739,000
Regular Highways: $722,000
General - Other: $348,000
Police Protection: $213,000
Judicial: $103,000
Corrections - Other: $69,000
General Public Building: $34,000
Financial Administration: $19,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $175,704,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $8,735,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $84,629,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $7,976,000
All Other: $2,791,000
Public Welfare: $915,000
Health & Hospitals: $44,000
Highways: $22,000
- Tax
- Property: $42,532,000
Total General Sales: $18,484,000
NEC: $3,156,000
Other Selective Sales: $345,000
Public Utilities: $123,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $33,695,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0
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