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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $300 (0.4%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Greenbrier County is $415 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $459 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $552 a month.
Cities in this county include: Lewisburg
, White Sulphur Springs
, Fairlea
, Ronceverte
, Rainelle
, Alderson
, Rupert
, Quinwood
, Falling Spring
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2005 air pollution in Greenbrier County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.079 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.070 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Alleghany County, Virginia
, Bath County, Virginia
, Fayette County
, Monroe County
, Nicholas County
, Pocahontas County
, Summers County
, Webster County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Greenbrier County: Camp
Alleghany
(A),
Columbia Sulphur Springs
(B),
Camp Wood
(C),
Summit Lake Campground
(D),
Auto
(E),
Anthony Correctional Center
(F),
Anthony Boat Launch
(G),
Elmhurst
(H),
North Bend Picnic Area
(I),
Blue Bend Campground
(J),
Gunpowder Ridge Overlook
(K),
Mikes Knob Lookout Tower
(L),
Hopkins Mountain Lookout Tower
(M),
Greenbrier Youth Camp
(N),
Grassy Knob Lookout Tower
(O),
Rich Knob Lookout Tower
(P),
Kates Mountain Overlook
(Q),
Harts Run
(R),
Harts Run Camping Area
(S)
Shopping Center: Red
Oaks Shopping Center
(1).
Churches in Greenbrier County include: Beaver
Creek Church
(A),
McClain Church
(B),
May Chapel
(C),
Maude Chapel
(D),
Soule Chapel
(E),
Bethel Church
(F),
Beulah Church
(G),
Sinking Creek Church
(H),
Green Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Morgan
Cemetery
(1),
Harrah Cemetery
(2),
At the End of the Trail Cemetery
(3),
Baber Cemetery
(4),
Mountain Gate Cemetery
(5),
Coffman Cemetery
(6),
Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Summit
Lake
(A),
Lake Sherwood
(B)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Alum
Run
(A),
Anthony Creek
(B),
Armstrong Run
(C),
Baber Branch
(D),
Back Creek
(E),
Rockcamp Run
(F),
Barnes Lick Run
(G),
Bear Branch
(H),
Beard Lick Run
(I)
Parks in Greenbrier County include: Neola
Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Lake Sherwood Recreation Area
(2),
Beartown State Park
(3),
Meadow River Wildlife Management Area
(4)
Post offices: Grassy
Meadows Post Office
(A),
Anthony Post Office
(B),
Hines Post Office
(C),
Asbury Post Office
(D),
Auto Post Office
(E),
Charmco Post Office
(F),
Kessler Post Office
(G),
Kieffer Post Office
(H),
Leslie Post Office
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.1% | | West
Virginia: |
4.0% |
Current college students: 1,108
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 73.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 204 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Greenbrier
County: |
0.6% | | Whole
state: | 1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 21
- 1990
to 1994: 14
- 1985
to 1989: 12
- 1980
to 1984: 19
- 1975
to 1979: 39
- 1970
to 1974: 29
- 1970
to 1974: 15
- 1965
to 1969: 55
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Mean travel time to work: 24.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 12,807
- One,
attached: 157
- Two:
307
- 3
or 4: 377
- 5
to 9: 404
- 10
to 19: 94
- 20
or more: 290
- Mobile
homes: 3,113
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 95
Housing units in Greenbrier County with a mortgage: 3,776 (237 second mortgage, 348 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,747 Agriculture
in Greenbrier County
Average size of farms: 246 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $44667
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $35.84
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.74%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 96.98%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $32193
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 15.30%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.10%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $34510
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.61%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 18.25
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 6.21%
Corn for grain: 306 harvested acres
Vegetables: 30 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 36 acresGreenbrier
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above West Virginia state average. It is 1.6 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 11 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/4/1974, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (10%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Health
care (5%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Wood
products (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (22%)
- Accommodation
and food services (17%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social
assistance (3%)
- Food
and beverage stores (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (4%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Canada
(14%)
- Germany
(13%)
- Netherlands
(9%)
- Other
Western Europe (9%)
- India
(7%)
- Mexico
(7%)
- Iraq
(5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Greenbrier County:
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- United
States or American (30%)
- German
(14%)
- Irish
(12%)
- English
(10%)
- Scotch-Irish
(5%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Scottish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 10,645 (81%)
- Carpooled:
1,709 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 24 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
6 (0%)
- Bicycle:
11 (0%)
- Walked:
360 (3%)
- Other
means: 59 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 396 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- 324
people in nursing homes
- 116
people in state prisons
- 94
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 41
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 8
people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,864.
5.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,472 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.26% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.20% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($13,270 average AGI)
3.06% relocated from other states ($21,202 average AGI)
| Greenbrier
County: |
3.06% | | West
Virginia average: |
3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Monroe County, WV
|
0.48% ($25,707 average AGI) |
| from
Fayette County, WV
|
0.28% ($32,353) |
| from
Summers County, WV
|
0.19% ($29,913) |
| from
Raleigh County, WV
|
0.17% ($37,381) |
| from
Pocahontas County, WV
|
0.16% ($29,600) |
| from
Kanawha County, WV
|
0.12% ($50,200) |
| from
Monongalia County, WV
|
0.10% ($22,583) |
4.98% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,889 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.98% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.18% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($13,145 average AGI)
2.80% relocated to other states ($21,746 average AGI)
| Greenbrier
County: |
2.80% | | West
Virginia average: | 2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Monroe County, WV
|
0.41% ($25,878 average AGI) |
| to
Summers County, WV
|
0.24% ($30,138) |
| to
Fayette County, WV
|
0.23% ($21,107) |
| to
Raleigh County, WV
|
0.20% ($38,792) |
| to
Kanawha County, WV
|
0.17% ($29,750) |
| to
Mercer County, WV
|
0.17% ($58,350) |
| to
Monongalia County, WV
|
0.12% ($25,133) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.7
Births
per 1000 population in Greenbrier County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Greenbrier County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.7
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Greenbrier County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 7,799 (6,098 aged, 1,701 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 33,865
- In
family households: 28,813 (7,831 male householders, 2,206 female householders)
7,932
spouses, 9,131 children (8,331 natural, 204 adopted, 596 stepchildren), 559 grandchildren, 169 brothers or sisters, 193 parents, 296 other relatives, 496 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 5,052 (1,851 male householders (1,576 living alone)), 2,728 female householders (2,580 living alone)), 473 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 588 (513 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,912 2-persons, 2,507 3-persons, 1,743 4-persons, 654 5-persons, 126 6-persons, 95 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,156 1-person, 389 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 2 5-persons.
5,119 married couples with children.
1,612 single-parent households (357 men, 1,255 women).
98.0% of residents of Greenbrier County speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $261,267,000 ($7489 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $19,649,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $122,451,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $52,048,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,843,000
Federal grants: $60,233,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,344,000 ($10,227,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,348,000 ($4,312,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,183,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,298,000
Federal Government insurance: $58,205,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,914
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,317
| Here: |
66 per 1000 residents | | State: |
61 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +18
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,000
| Here: |
+29 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Greenbrier County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.81 millions of gallons per day (50% from ground, 50% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 331
- 1995
to 1998: 1,456
- 1990
to 1994: 1,320
- 1980
to 1989: 2,498
- 1970
to 1979: 3,485
- 1960
to 1969: 1,729
- 1950
to 1959: 1,932
- 1940
to 1949: 1,559
- 1939
or earlier: 3,334
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Greenbrier County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 6
- 2
rooms: 28
- 3
rooms: 204
- 4
rooms: 1,242
- 5
rooms: 3,129
- 6
rooms: 2,630
- 7
rooms: 1,799
- 8
rooms: 1,167
- 9
or more rooms: 949
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Greenbrier County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 29
- 2
rooms: 105
- 3
rooms: 510
- 4
rooms: 959
- 5
rooms: 839
- 6
rooms: 486
- 7
rooms: 241
- 8
rooms: 154
- 9
or more rooms: 94
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Greenbrier County: |
- no
bedroom: 12
- 1
bedroom: 228
- 2
bedrooms: 2,715
- 3
bedrooms: 6,060
- 4
bedrooms: 1,709
- 5
or more bedrooms: 430
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Greenbrier County: |
- no
bedroom: 33
- 1
bedroom: 679
- 2
bedrooms: 1,455
- 3
bedrooms: 1,001
- 4
bedrooms: 223
- 5
or more bedrooms: 26
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Greenbrier County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 788
- 1
vehicle: 3,242
- 2
vehicles: 4,731
- 3
vehicles: 1,725
- 4
vehicles: 484
- 5
or more vehicles: 184
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Greenbrier County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 701
- 1
vehicle: 1,721
- 2
vehicles: 759
- 3
vehicles: 197
- 4
vehicles: 22
- 5
or more vehicles: 17
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64% of Greenbrier 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, 46% lived in West Virginia.
| Greenbrier
County: |
64.5% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 26098
- Northeast:
1260
- Midwest:
1400
- South:
4906
- West:
534
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,500 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
(25%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Utility
gas (23%)
- Wood
(14%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Coal
or coke (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(42%)
- Utility
gas (22%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Wood
(9%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 194
| Here: |
5.7% | | West
Virginia: |
5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 125
| Here: |
6.6% | | West
Virginia: |
4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 126
| Here: |
14.3% | | West
Virginia: | 15.4% |
Greenbrier
County government finances in 2004:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $1,448,000
- Charges
- All Other: $261,000
- Current
Operations - Health Services - Other: $1,989,000
Air Transportation: $1,448,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,344,000
General - Other: $1,065,000
Corrections - Other: $616,000
Financial Administration: $524,000
Central Staff Services: $515,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $510,000
Police Protection: $365,000
General Public Buildings: $150,000
Natural Resources - Other: $84,000
Libraries: $18,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - General Support: $141,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $3,207,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Central Staff Services: $479,000
General: $447,000
Judicial and Legal: $17,000
Financial Administration: $3,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $24,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $45,819,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $43,635,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $2,184,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $3,219,000
General Revenue, NEC: $1,136,000
Rents: $77,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,465,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $43,635,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $876,000
All Other: $372,000
General Support: $17,000
- Tax
- Property: $3,716,000
NEC: $360,000
Public Utilities: $96,000
Other Selective Sales: $8,000
Motor Vehicle License: $5,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $4,000,000
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