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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $258 (0.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Buchanan County is $416 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $616 a month.
Cities in this county include: Grundy
, Vansant
.
Neighboring
counties: McDowell County, West Virginia
, Dickenson County
, Mingo County, West Virginia
, Russell County
, Tazewell County
, Pike County, Kentucky
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Buchanan County: Pilgrims
Knob
(A),
Keen Mountain Fire Tower
(B)
Churches in Buchanan County include: Poplar
Creek Church
(A),
Garden Creek Church
(B),
Garden Mission Church
(C),
Ratcliff Chapel
(D),
Antioch Church
(E),
Cole Chapel
(F),
Cole Church
(G),
Russell Fork Church
(H),
Russell Prater Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Rife
Cemetery
(1),
Ratliff Cemetery
(2),
Ramey Cemetery
(3),
Johnson Cemetery
(4),
Quinn Cemetery
(5),
Presley Cemetery
(6),
Davis Cemetery
(7)
Reservoir: Harman
Mining Corporation Pond
(A).
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little
Prater Creek
(A),
Poplar Creek
(B),
Little Indian Creek
(C),
Mott Branch
(D),
Jones Fork
(E),
Moody Branch
(F),
Pumpkin Branch
(G),
Puncheon Branch
(H),
Puncheon Camp Creek
(I)
Post office: Indian
Gap Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 905
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 52.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 8.0%
Number of foreign born residents: 77 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Buchanan
County: |
0.3% | | Whole
state: | 8.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 29
- 1990
to 1994: 12
- 1985
to 1989: 17
- 1980
to 1984: 1
- 1975
to 1979: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 4
- 1965
to 1969: 9
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Mean travel time to work: 33.4 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 71.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 7,051
- One,
attached: 73
- Two:
72
- 3
or 4: 70
- 5
to 9: 83
- 10
to 19: 37
- 20
or more: 6
- Mobile
homes: 4,448
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 47
Housing units in Buchanan County with a mortgage: 1,429 (135 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,780 Agriculture
in Buchanan County
Average size of farms: 97 acres
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 8.60%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $26643
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 100.00%
Average age of principal farm operators: 52 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 10.33
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.11%
Most
common industries for males: |
- Mining
(28%)
- Construction
(13%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Truck
transportation (6%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Repair
and maintenance (4%)
- Metal
and metal products (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (23%)
- Educational
services (20%)
- Food
and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Extraction
workers (11%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material
moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered
nurses (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers
(6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- India
(23%)
- Russia
(8%)
- Vietnam
(8%)
- Germany
(6%)
- Other
Eastern Europe (6%)
- Japan
(6%)
- Other
Eastern Asia (6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Buchanan County:
|
- United
States or American (70%)
- English
(8%)
- Irish
(5%)
- German
(4%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- Scottish
(1%)
- European
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 6,458 (82%)
- Carpooled:
1,089 (14%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 51 (1%)
- Walked:
112 (1%)
- Other
means: 43 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 101 (1%)
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People
in group quarters in Buchanan County, Virginia
- 878
people in state prisons
- 167
people in other group homes
- 104
people in nursing homes
- 31
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 25
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,575.
3.54% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,378 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
3.54% | | Virginia
average: | 11.06% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.70% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($12,546 average AGI)
1.83% relocated from other states ($14,831 average AGI)
| Buchanan
County: |
1.83% | | Virginia
average: | 4.24% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Tazewell County, VA
|
0.55% ($27,821 average AGI) |
| from
Russell County, VA
|
0.27% ($16,737) |
| from
Dickenson County, VA
|
0.24% ($26,882) |
| from
McDowell County, WV
|
0.16% ($24,455) |
| from
Pike County, KY
|
0.14% ($38,200) |
4.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,083 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.74% | | Virginia
average: | 10.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.09% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($21,467 average AGI)
1.65% relocated to other states ($11,612 average AGI)
| Buchanan
County: |
1.65% | | Virginia
average: | 4.13% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Tazewell County, VA
|
0.94% ($32,194 average AGI) |
| to
Russell County, VA
|
0.67% ($34,208) |
| to
Washington County, VA
|
0.41% ($54,724) |
| to
Dickenson County, VA
|
0.22% ($30,125) |
| to
Sullivan County, TN
|
0.15% ($23,455) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.4
Births
per 1000 population in Buchanan County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Buchanan County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.1
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Buchanan County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,890 (3,306 aged, 3,584 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 25,789
- In
family households: 22,969 (6,465 male householders, 1,491 female householders)
6,427
spouses, 7,340 children (6,892 natural, 147 adopted, 301 stepchildren), 487 grandchildren, 144 brothers or sisters, 171 parents, 239 other relatives, 205 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,820 (1,069 male householders (918 living alone)), 1,471 female householders (1,431 living alone)), 280 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,189 (1,015 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,590 2-persons, 2,335 3-persons, 1,466 4-persons, 449 5-persons, 94 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,349 1-person, 152 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 12 5-persons.
3,993 married couples with children.
969 single-parent households (229 men, 740 women).
98.6% of residents of Buchanan County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $205,945,000 ($8172 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $12,852,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $112,780,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $44,813,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $178,000
Federal grants: $31,998,000
Federal procurement contracts: $12,694,000 ($11,941,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,482,000 ($215,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $287,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $179,000
Federal Government insurance: $37,959,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,288
| Here: |
52 per 1000 residents | | State: | 70
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,572
| Here: |
64 per 1000 residents | | State: |
40 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +27
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +18
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,919
| Here: |
-78 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+14 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Buchanan County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 163
- 1995
to 1998: 782
- 1990
to 1994: 1,060
- 1980
to 1989: 2,115
- 1970
to 1979: 3,432
- 1960
to 1969: 1,517
- 1950
to 1959: 1,079
- 1940
to 1949: 973
- 1939
or earlier: 766
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Buchanan County, Virginia: |
- 1
room: 6
- 2
rooms: 16
- 3
rooms: 209
- 4
rooms: 1,391
- 5
rooms: 2,489
- 6
rooms: 1,872
- 7
rooms: 1,440
- 8
rooms: 639
- 9
or more rooms: 612
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Buchanan County, Virginia: |
- 1
room: 16
- 2
rooms: 57
- 3
rooms: 130
- 4
rooms: 574
- 5
rooms: 513
- 6
rooms: 282
- 7
rooms: 104
- 8
rooms: 81
- 9
or more rooms: 33
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Buchanan County: |
- no
bedroom: 6
- 1
bedroom: 160
- 2
bedrooms: 2,538
- 3
bedrooms: 5,006
- 4
bedrooms: 838
- 5
or more bedrooms: 126
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Buchanan County: |
- no
bedroom: 25
- 1
bedroom: 151
- 2
bedrooms: 863
- 3
bedrooms: 597
- 4
bedrooms: 133
- 5
or more bedrooms: 21
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Buchanan County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 585
- 1
vehicle: 2,249
- 2
vehicles: 3,725
- 3
vehicles: 1,581
- 4
vehicles: 384
- 5
or more vehicles: 150
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Buchanan County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 421
- 1
vehicle: 794
- 2
vehicles: 442
- 3
vehicles: 123
- 4
vehicles: 10
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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76% of Buchanan County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Virginia.
| Buchanan
County: |
76.5% | | State
average: |
53.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 22178
- Northeast:
167
- Midwest:
538
- South:
3895
- West:
90
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,500 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(63%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Coal
or coke (6%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(56%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Coal
or coke (12%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood
(3%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 79
| Here: |
10.3% | | Virginia: | 20.6% |
Buchanan
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- Sewerage: $952,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $596,000
Solid Waste Management: $421,000
Parks & Recreation: $44,000
All Other: $40,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $8,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $0
- Construction
- Elementary & Secondary Education: $197,000
- Current
Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $29,837,000
Welfare - Other: $6,392,000
Water Utilities: $3,435,000
Regular Highways: $3,218,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,331,000
Police Protection: $2,150,000
General - Other: $1,329,000
Corrections - Other: $1,275,000
Housing & Community Development: $1,215,000
Sewerage: $859,000
Central Staff Services: $771,000
General Public Buildings: $766,000
Financial Administration: $747,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $730,000
Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $631,000
Parks & Recreation: $493,000
Libraries: $469,000
Health Services - Other: $463,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $423,000
Fire Protection: $328,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $321,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $114,000
Natural Resources - Other: $63,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,693,000
Education: $118,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $962,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Health: $87,000
Natural Resources: $7,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Education: $58,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $12,885,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $17,607,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $7,961,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $16,166,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $11,892,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $8,954,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,441,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $1,141,000
Interest Earnings: $165,000
Rents: $16,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,028,000
General - Other: $257,000
Water Utilities: $30,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $19,437,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $3,015,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Education: $22,852,000
Public Welfare: $4,453,000
All Other: $2,684,000
Housing & Community Development: $2,643,000
General Support: $2,097,000
- Tax
- Property: $12,940,000
NEC: $12,054,000
Total General Sales: $1,255,000
Public Utilities: $1,022,000
Other Selective Sales: $27,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $31,717,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $563,000
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