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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $346 (0.4%)
Area name: Winchester, VA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Hampshire County is $490 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $647 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $893 a month.
Cities in this county include: Romney
, Capon Bridge
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Neighboring
counties: Allegany County, Maryland
, Grant County
, Hardy County
, Mineral County
, Morgan County
, Frederick County, Virginia
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Hampshire County: Buffalo
Gap Camp
(A),
Camp Rim Rock
(B),
Camp White Rock
(C),
Camp White Mountain
(D),
Camp Tall Timbers
(E),
Forks of Cacapon
(F),
Hawk Campground
(G),
Hanging Rock
(H),
Camp Green Briar
(I),
Bens Knob Lookout Tower
(J),
South Branch
(K)
Churches in Hampshire County include: Spring
Gap Church
(A),
Bethel Church
(B),
Slanesville Presbyterian Church
(C),
Shiloh Church
(D),
Marvin Chapel
(E),
Sandy Ridge Church
(F),
Bloomery Presbyterian Church
(G),
Salem Church
(H),
Saint Lukes Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Mount
Bethel Cemetery
(1),
Saint James Cemetery
(2),
Racey Cemetery
(3),
Old Pine Cemetery
(4),
Ginnevan Cemetery
(5),
Capon Chapel Cemetery
(6),
Heare Cemetery
(7)
Reservoir: Ferndale
Farms Recreation Lake
(A).
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Abernathy
Run
(A),
Allen Run
(B),
Bearwallow Creek
(C),
Lick Run
(D),
Elkhorn Run
(E),
Big Run
(F),
Bloomery Run
(G),
Bowers Run
(H),
Broad Run
(I)
Parks in Hampshire County include: Fort
Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area
(2),
Shanks Roadside Park
(3),
Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area
(4),
Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area
(5),
Springfield Wildlife Management Area
(6)
Post offices: Capon
Springs Post Office
(A),
Augusta Post Office
(B),
Kirby Post Office
(C),
Points Post Office
(D),
Purgitsville Post Office
(E),
Rio Post Office
(F),
Bloomery Post Office
(G),
Shanks Post Office
(H),
Slanesville Post Office
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
2.9% | | West
Virginia: | 4.0% |
Current college students: 474
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 126 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Hampshire
County: |
0.6% | | Whole
state: | 1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 26
- 1990
to 1994: 8
- 1985
to 1989: 24
- 1980
to 1984: 8
- 1975
to 1979: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 14
- 1970
to 1974: 5
- 1965
to 1969: 41
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Mean travel time to work: 39.7 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 43.4%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 7,930
- One,
attached: 78
- Two:
70
- 3
or 4: 81
- 5
to 9: 124
- 10
to 19: 45
- 20
or more: 76
- Mobile
homes: 2,507
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 274
Housing units in Hampshire County with a mortgage: 2,310 (204 second mortgage, 149 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,572 Agriculture
in Hampshire County
Average size of farms: 218 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $30932
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $103.19
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 3.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 85.37%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $24336
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 20.09%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.11%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $40094
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.43%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.38
Corn for grain: 395 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 83 harvested acres
Vegetables: 53 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 1517 acresHampshire
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near West Virginia state average. It is 3.3 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 6/2/1998, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado injured 5 people and caused $250,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(19%)
- Plastics
and rubber products (8%)
- Educational
services (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Food
(5%)
- Truck
transportation (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Food
(5%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
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- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- 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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- Germany
(27%)
- Canada
(21%)
- United
Kingdom (7%)
- Philippines
(7%)
- Pakistan
(6%)
- India
(6%)
- Panama
(6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Hampshire County:
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- United
States or American (31%)
- German
(25%)
- Irish
(10%)
- English
(9%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 5,825 (69%)
- Carpooled:
1,918 (23%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 41 (0%)
- Walked:
278 (3%)
- Other
means: 72 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 256 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- 109
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 102
people in nursing homes
- 87
people in institutions for the deaf
- 44
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 38
people in institutions for the blind
- 18
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 9
people in religious group quarters
- 8
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5
people in homes for the mentally ill
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $38,925.
7.53% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,314 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.53% | | West
Virginia average: |
5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.11% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($9,083 average AGI)
5.42% relocated from other states ($28,231 average AGI)
| Hampshire
County: |
5.42% | | West
Virginia average: |
3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Frederick County, VA
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1.04% ($36,133 average AGI) |
| from
Berkeley County, WV
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0.59% ($33,745) |
| from
Mineral County, WV
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0.56% ($27,733) |
| from
Winchester city, VA
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0.39% ($41,871) |
| from
Hardy County, WV
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0.29% ($27,217) |
| from
Anne Arundel County, MD
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0.24% ($21,526) |
| from
Allegany County, MD
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0.21% ($34,412) |
5.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,613 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.70% | | West
Virginia average: |
5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.14% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($11,447 average AGI)
3.56% relocated to other states ($21,166 average AGI)
| Hampshire
County: |
3.56% | | West
Virginia average: |
2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Frederick County, VA
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0.85% ($38,373 average AGI) |
| to
Mineral County, WV
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0.60% ($23,617) |
| to
Hardy County, WV
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0.46% ($34,167) |
| to
Allegany County, MD
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0.24% ($28,316) |
| to
Winchester city, VA
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0.24% ($61,579) |
| to
Berkeley County, WV
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0.24% ($42,211) |
| to
Morgan County, WV
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0.20% ($28,875) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.0
Births
per 1000 population in Hampshire County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Hampshire County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.7
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Hampshire County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,495 (2,830 aged, 665 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 19,780
- In
family households: 17,126 (4,631 male householders, 1,076 female householders)
4,551
spouses, 5,824 children (5,260 natural, 137 adopted, 427 stepchildren), 268 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 128 parents, 168 other relatives, 406 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,654 (1,050 male householders (852 living alone)), 1,228 female householders (1,108 living alone)), 376 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 423 (338 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,619 2-persons, 1,348 3-persons, 1,094 4-persons, 442 5-persons, 129 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,960 1-person, 287 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 9 4-persons.
3,404 married couples with children.
1,143 single-parent households (365 men, 778 women).
97.9% of residents of Hampshire County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $106,641,000 ($4950 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,403,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $56,811,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $20,621,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,199,000
Federal grants: $24,213,000
Federal procurement contracts: $598,000 ($2,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,200,000 ($253,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $459,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,268,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,982,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,211
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,087
| Here: |
49 per 1000 residents | | State: | 61
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +24
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +1,714
| Here: |
+78 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Hampshire County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.57 millions of gallons per day (28% from ground, 72% 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: 341
- 1995
to 1998: 1,115
- 1990
to 1994: 1,468
- 1980
to 1989: 2,483
- 1970
to 1979: 2,185
- 1960
to 1969: 976
- 1950
to 1959: 725
- 1940
to 1949: 540
- 1939
or earlier: 1,352
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Hampshire County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 34
- 2
rooms: 55
- 3
rooms: 172
- 4
rooms: 912
- 5
rooms: 1,931
- 6
rooms: 1,254
- 7
rooms: 981
- 8
rooms: 630
- 9
or more rooms: 481
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Hampshire County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 17
- 2
rooms: 39
- 3
rooms: 278
- 4
rooms: 414
- 5
rooms: 369
- 6
rooms: 184
- 7
rooms: 96
- 8
rooms: 49
- 9
or more rooms: 59
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Hampshire County: |
- no
bedroom: 53
- 1
bedroom: 248
- 2
bedrooms: 1,671
- 3
bedrooms: 3,441
- 4
bedrooms: 829
- 5
or more bedrooms: 208
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Hampshire County: |
- no
bedroom: 24
- 1
bedroom: 297
- 2
bedrooms: 552
- 3
bedrooms: 480
- 4
bedrooms: 116
- 5
or more bedrooms: 36
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Hampshire County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 354
- 1
vehicle: 1,645
- 2
vehicles: 2,677
- 3
vehicles: 1,242
- 4
vehicles: 359
- 5
or more vehicles: 173
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Hampshire County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 248
- 1
vehicle: 641
- 2
vehicles: 473
- 3
vehicles: 117
- 4
vehicles: 26
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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67% of Hampshire County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in West Virginia.
| Hampshire
County: |
66.9% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 7648
- Northeast:
1370
- Midwest:
614
- South:
10050
- West:
359
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 10%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 9%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(34%)
- Wood
(27%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
- Coal
or coke (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Electricity
(43%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Wood
(17%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Utility
gas (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 106
| Here: |
4.5% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
| Here: |
4.0% | | West
Virginia: | 4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 44
| Here: |
11.2% | | West
Virginia: | 15.4% |
Hampshire
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $803,000
- Current
Operations - Financial Administration: $907,000
Fire Protection: $768,000
Central Staff Services: $626,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $510,000
General Public Buildings: $434,000
Police Protection: $305,000
Corrections - Other: $208,000
General - Other: $65,000
Health Services - Other: $18,000
Parks & Recreation: $11,000
Welfare - Other: $5,000
Housing & Community Development: $4,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $5,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $245,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $448,000
Interest Earnings: $12,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,291,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $44,000
General Support: $38,000
- Tax
- Property: $2,963,000
Public Utilities: $412,000
NEC: $54,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $1,625,000
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