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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $846 (0.6%)
Area name: Roanoke, VA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Botetourt County is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $589 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $747 a month.
Cities in this county include: Blue Ridge
, Cloverdale
, Laymantown
, Daleville
, Buchanan
, Troutdale
, Troutville
, Fincastle
.
Neighboring
counties: Alleghany County
, Bedford County
, Craig County
, Roanoke County
, Rockbridge County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Botetourt County: Rebecca
Furnace
(A),
Purgatory Overlook
(B),
Lambuts Meadow Appalachian Trail Shelter
(C),
Callie Furnace
(D),
Camp Bethel
(E),
Camp Montgomery
(F),
Lick Run
(G),
Indian Rock
(H),
Norfolk And Western Overlook
(I),
North Creek Camping Area
(J),
Middle Creek Picnic Area
(K),
Wilson Creek Shelter
(L),
Horton
(M),
Colon Hollow Shelter Campground
(N),
Black Rock Hill Overlook
(O),
Cornelius Shelter
(P),
Cove Mountain Shelter
(Q),
Silent Dell
(R),
Craig Creek Campground
(S),
Bobblets Gap Shelter
(T)
Churches in Botetourt County include: Pleasant
Dale Church
(A),
Pleasant Hill Church
(B),
Galatia Church
(C),
Andrew Chapel
(D),
Coling Bible Chapel
(E),
Assembly of God Church
(F),
Back Creek Church
(G),
Saint Jacobs Church
(H),
Saint Marks Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Roanoke
Cemetery
(1),
Crawford Cemetery
(2),
Riley Cemetery
(3),
Ponton Cemetery
(4),
Pleasant Chapel Cemetery
(5),
Piney Grove Cemetery
(6),
Deisher Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Salt
Pond
(A),
Carvins Cove Reservoir
(B),
Carvin Cove Reservoir
(C)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lees
Creek
(A),
Haymaker Branch
(B),
Rabbit Creek
(C),
Renick Run
(D),
Jennings Creek
(E),
Furnace Branch
(F),
Rocky Creek
(G),
Rulman Branch
(H),
Jackson River
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 937
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 289 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Botetourt
County: |
0.9% | | Whole
state: | 8.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 33
- 1990
to 1994: 24
- 1985
to 1989: 35
- 1980
to 1984: 51
- 1975
to 1979: 16
- 1970
to 1974: 20
- 1970
to 1974: 15
- 1965
to 1969: 95
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Mean travel time to work: 26.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 34.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 10,814
- One,
attached: 148
- Two:
107
- 3
or 4: 160
- 5
to 9: 109
- 10
to 19: 30
- 20
or more: 10
- Mobile
homes: 1,180
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Housing units in Botetourt County with a mortgage: 5,655 (660 second mortgage, 903 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,355 Agriculture
in Botetourt County
Average size of farms: 159 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $16365
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $78.86
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.38%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 81.47%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $21022
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 24.16%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $35055
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.84%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 21.63
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 6.17%
Corn for grain: 1349 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 81 harvested acres
Vegetables: 15 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 348 acresBotetourt
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 8.3 times below overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(13%)
- Rail
transportation (5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Repair
and maintenance (3%)
- Health
care (3%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Educational
services (14%)
- Finance
and insurance (13%)
- Health
care (12%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Sales
representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered
nurses (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Customer
service representatives (4%)
- Financial
clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- United
Kingdom (13%)
- Philippines
(13%)
- Germany
(10%)
- Canada
(9%)
- Mexico
(8%)
- Korea
(7%)
- India
(6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Botetourt County:
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- United
States or American (30%)
- German
(16%)
- English
(14%)
- Irish
(9%)
- Scotch-Irish
(4%)
- Scottish
(2%)
- Italian
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 13,471 (87%)
- Carpooled:
1,364 (9%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 71 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
6 (0%)
- Bicycle:
12 (0%)
- Walked:
73 (0%)
- Other
means: 43 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 479 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Botetourt County, Virginia
- 236
people in state prisons
- 134
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 52
people in nursing homes
- 51
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 33
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 16
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 6
people in homes for the physically handicapped
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $59,862.
8.57% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,315 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.57% | | Virginia
average: | 11.06% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.32% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($36,317 average AGI)
2.26% relocated from other states ($17,997 average AGI)
| Botetourt
County: |
2.26% | | Virginia
average: | 4.24% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Roanoke city, VA
|
1.89% ($36,217 average AGI) |
| from
Roanoke County, VA
|
1.65% ($58,291) |
| from
Bedford County, VA
|
0.60% ($46,693) |
| from
Salem city, VA
|
0.29% ($53,028) |
| from
Alleghany County, VA
|
0.24% ($52,133) |
| from
Franklin County, VA
|
0.19% ($73,583) |
| from
Montgomery County, VA
|
0.19% ($41,458) |
7.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,221 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.42% | | Virginia
average: | 10.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.96% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($31,436 average AGI)
1.46% relocated to other states ($11,785 average AGI)
| Botetourt
County: |
1.46% | | Virginia
average: | 4.13% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Roanoke city, VA
|
1.68% ($33,430 average AGI) |
| to
Roanoke County, VA
|
1.66% ($37,686) |
| to
Bedford County, VA
|
0.57% ($35,229) |
| to
Salem city, VA
|
0.30% ($36,973) |
| to
Franklin County, VA
|
0.24% ($50,700) |
| to
Montgomery County, VA
|
0.13% ($36,188) |
| to
Alleghany County, VA
|
0.12% ($21,267) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.4
Births
per 1000 population in Botetourt 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 Botetourt County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.4
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Botetourt County
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Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 4,791 (4,046 aged, 745 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 29,962
- In
family households: 27,194 (7,794 male householders, 1,378 female householders)
8,277
spouses, 8,524 children (7,848 natural, 147 adopted, 529 stepchildren), 366 grandchildren, 109 brothers or sisters, 122 parents, 293 other relatives, 331 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,768 (1,189 male householders (1,020 living alone)), 1,301 female householders (1,217 living alone)), 278 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 534 (408 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,301 2-persons, 2,169 3-persons, 1,810 4-persons, 649 5-persons, 202 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,237 1-person, 231 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 4 5-persons.
5,672 married couples with children.
845 single-parent households (264 men, 581 women).
97.8% of residents of Botetourt County speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $128,849,000 ($4055 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,978,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $83,389,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $22,365,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $503,000
Federal grants: $17,119,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,446,000 ($71,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,026,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $672,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,707,000
Federal Government insurance: $21,561,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,559
| Here: |
49 per 1000 residents | | State: | 70
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,262
| Here: |
39 per 1000 residents | | State: | 40
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +10
| Here: |
+0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +18
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,295
| Here: |
+40 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+14 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Botetourt County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 15.22 millions of gallons per day (9% from ground, 91% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 305
- 1995
to 1998: 1,237
- 1990
to 1994: 1,590
- 1980
to 1989: 2,136
- 1970
to 1979: 2,595
- 1960
to 1969: 1,462
- 1950
to 1959: 982
- 1940
to 1949: 506
- 1939
or earlier: 1,758
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Botetourt County, Virginia: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 26
- 3
rooms: 106
- 4
rooms: 669
- 5
rooms: 1,851
- 6
rooms: 2,312
- 7
rooms: 2,049
- 8
rooms: 1,597
- 9
or more rooms: 1,654
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Botetourt County, Virginia: |
- 1
room: 17
- 2
rooms: 51
- 3
rooms: 147
- 4
rooms: 462
- 5
rooms: 321
- 6
rooms: 159
- 7
rooms: 114
- 8
rooms: 76
- 9
or more rooms: 89
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Botetourt County:
|
- no
bedroom: 0
- 1
bedroom: 134
- 2
bedrooms: 1,707
- 3
bedrooms: 5,437
- 4
bedrooms: 2,569
- 5
or more bedrooms: 417
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Botetourt County:
|
- no
bedroom: 26
- 1
bedroom: 193
- 2
bedrooms: 672
- 3
bedrooms: 372
- 4
bedrooms: 154
- 5
or more bedrooms: 19
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Botetourt County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 339
- 1
vehicle: 1,617
- 2
vehicles: 4,454
- 3
vehicles: 2,594
- 4
vehicles: 903
- 5
or more vehicles: 357
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Botetourt County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 97
- 1
vehicle: 647
- 2
vehicles: 492
- 3
vehicles: 152
- 4
vehicles: 44
- 5
or more vehicles: 4
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63% of Botetourt County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Virginia.
| Botetourt
County: |
63.2% | | State
average: |
53.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 22441
- Northeast:
1871
- Midwest:
1330
- South:
4030
- West:
413
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $124,300 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(46%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Utility
gas (17%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood
(7%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(45%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Wood
(11%)
- Utility
gas (7%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 312
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 128
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 204
| Here: |
25.9% | | Virginia: |
20.6% |
Botetourt
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- Sewerage: $1,192,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $1,119,000
Solid Waste Management: $746,000
All Other: $225,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $15,000
Parks & Recreation: $9,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $0
- Construction
- Elementary & Secondary Education: $481,000
Regular Highways: $391,000
General: $250,000
Solid Waste Management: $53,000
Parks & Recreation: $50,000
Libraries: $24,000
Judicial & Legal: $14,000
General Public Buildings: $9,000
Corrections - Other: $6,000
- Current
Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $35,350,000
Police Protection: $3,597,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $1,338,000
Central Staff Services: $1,257,000
Corrections - Other: $1,241,000
Welfare - Other: $1,223,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $949,000
General - Other: $903,000
Financial Administration: $864,000
Parks & Recreation: $691,000
Fire Protection: $668,000
Libraries: $644,000
Solid Waste Management: $461,000
Sewerage: $412,000
General Public Buildings: $393,000
Health Services - Other: $307,000
Regular Highways: $299,000
Housing & Community Development: $264,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $248,000
Water Utilities: $212,000
Natural Resources - Other: $70,000
Transit Utilities: $63,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - General Support: $89,000
All Other: $13,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $2,264,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Elementary and Secondary Education: $501,000
Health: $274,000
General: $18,000
Welfare: $11,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Education: $640,000
All Other: $311,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $7,386,000
Industrial Revenue: $4,675,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $14,727,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $14,075,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $786,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $12,942,000
Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $11,369,000
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $7,835,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $4,219,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $456,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Elementary and Secondary Education: $3,358,000
Other, NEC: $1,133,000
Water Utilities: $337,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $699,000
Interest Earnings: $449,000
Rents: $165,000
Property Sale Other: $7,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,109,000
Fire Protection: $823,000
Police Protection: $245,000
Solid Waste Management: $92,000
Financial Administration: $57,000
Parks & Recreation: $44,000
Central Staff: $32,000
General Public Building: $28,000
Judicial: $16,000
Corrections - Other: $11,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $17,626,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $564,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $4,219,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Education: $19,383,000
All Other: $4,469,000
General Support: $3,700,000
Public Welfare: $1,047,000
- Tax
- Property: $19,050,000
NEC: $3,968,000
Total General Sales: $1,896,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,195,000
Public Utilities: $929,000
Motor Vehicle License: $674,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $31,483,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $360,000
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