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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $252 (0.4%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Roane County is $400 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $485 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $630 a month.
Cities in this county include: Spencer
, Reedy
.
Neighboring
counties: Calhoun County
, Clay County
, Jackson County
, Kanawha County
, Wirt County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Roane County: Spencer
Golf Club
(A),
Tariff
(B),
Left Hand
(C)
Churches in Roane County include: Steele
Hollow Community Church
(A),
Spencer Temple
(B),
Spencer Church of the Nazarene
(C),
Beech Grove Church
(D),
Speed United Methodist Church
(E),
Goodhope Church
(F),
Goodwill Church
(G),
Bethel Church
(H),
Slate Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Triplett
Cemetery
(1),
Anderson Cemetery
(2),
Monroe Cemetery
(3),
Morgan Cemetery
(4),
Hively Cemetery
(5),
Dry Hill Cemetery
(6),
Brannon Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Silcott
Lake
(A),
Lake Trotter
(B)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Andy
Run
(A),
Anthony Run
(B),
Ashcamp Run
(C),
Ashleycamp Run
(D),
Ashwood Branch
(E),
Wierlong Run
(F),
Batten Run
(G),
Bear Branch
(H),
Bear Fork
(I)
Parks in Roane County include: Grace
Community Park
(1),
Taylor Public Hunting Area
(2)
Post offices: Gandeeville
Post Office
(A),
Amma Post Office
(B),
Harmony Post Office
(C),
Left Hand Post Office
(D),
Linden Post Office
(E),
Looneyville Post Office
(F),
Clio Post Office
(G),
Newton Post Office
(H),
Tariff Post Office
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.7% | | West
Virginia: |
4.0% |
Current college students: 278
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 66.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.0%
Number of foreign born residents: 97 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Roane
County: |
0.6% | | Whole
state: | 1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 36
- 1990
to 1994: 17
- 1985
to 1989: 7
- 1980
to 1984: 8
- 1975
to 1979: 6
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 8
- 1965
to 1969: 15
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Mean travel time to work: 34.8 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 59.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,343
- One,
attached: 32
- Two:
131
- 3
or 4: 130
- 5
to 9: 74
- 10
to 19: 4
- 20
or more: 85
- Mobile
homes: 1,474
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 87
Housing units in Roane County with a mortgage: 1,180 (20 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,144 Agriculture
in Roane County
Average size of farms: 184 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $5928
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $29.98
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 4.94%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 86.00%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $8716
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 15.04%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.05%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $21039
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 97.21%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 9.61
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.31%
Vegetables: 26 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 10 acresRoane
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below West Virginia state average. It is 7.3 times below overall U.S. average.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(17%)
- Mining
(7%)
- Educational
services (6%)
- Wood
products (4%)
- Health
care (4%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Apparel
(7%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Social
assistance (6%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Germany
(19%)
- Korea
(19%)
- China,
excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (18%)
- Mexico
(15%)
- United
Kingdom (11%)
- Philippines
(8%)
- Chile
(6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Roane County:
|
- United
States or American (47%)
- German
(12%)
- Irish
(10%)
- English
(10%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- Dutch
(2%)
- Scottish
(1%)
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|
Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 4,011 (75%)
- Carpooled:
1,036 (19%)
- Walked:
104 (2%)
- Other
means: 34 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 193 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Roane County, West Virginia
- 94
people in nursing homes
- 7
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 3
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2
people in other group homes
- 2
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $39,288.
5.31% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,840 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.31% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.43% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($20,837 average AGI)
1.88% relocated from other states ($10,004 average AGI)
| Roane
County: |
1.88% | | West
Virginia average: | 3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Kanawha County, WV
|
1.41% ($39,000 average AGI) |
| from
Jackson County, WV
|
0.45% ($27,864) |
| from
Calhoun County, WV
|
0.27% ($30,308) |
| from
Clay County, WV
|
0.21% ($8,800) |
5.14% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,310 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.14% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.71% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($17,500 average AGI)
1.43% relocated to other states ($7,810 average AGI)
| Roane
County: |
1.43% | | West
Virginia average: | 2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Kanawha County, WV
|
1.20% ($24,517 average AGI) |
| to
Jackson County, WV
|
0.83% ($30,400) |
| to
Wood County, WV
|
0.29% ($20,714) |
| to
Calhoun County, WV
|
0.21% ($18,200) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.9
Births
per 1000 population in Roane County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Roane County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 6.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Roane County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,910 (2,155 aged, 755 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 15,334
- In
family households: 13,381 (3,642 male householders, 826 female householders)
3,724
spouses, 4,456 children (3,988 natural, 121 adopted, 347 stepchildren), 198 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 76 parents, 122 other relatives, 263 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,953 (692 male householders (568 living alone)), 987 female householders (878 living alone)), 274 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 112 (94 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,010 2-persons, 1,077 3-persons, 916 4-persons, 317 5-persons, 122 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,446 1-person, 205 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 6 4-persons.
2,516 married couples with children.
749 single-parent households (220 men, 529 women).
98.2% of residents of Roane County speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 10% 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: $97,086,000 ($6321 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,501,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $43,909,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $20,466,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $746,000
Federal grants: $27,499,000
Federal procurement contracts: $502,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,964,000 ($1,839,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $605,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $916,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,956,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 903
| Here: |
59 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 964
| Here: |
63 per 1000 residents | | State: |
61 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +25
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +34
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: | +6
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Roane County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.64 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:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 164
- 1995
to 1998: 517
- 1990
to 1994: 409
- 1980
to 1989: 1,008
- 1970
to 1979: 1,633
- 1960
to 1969: 793
- 1950
to 1959: 581
- 1940
to 1949: 638
- 1939
or earlier: 1,617
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Roane County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 12
- 2
rooms: 37
- 3
rooms: 154
- 4
rooms: 523
- 5
rooms: 1,235
- 6
rooms: 1,227
- 7
rooms: 851
- 8
rooms: 473
- 9
or more rooms: 393
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Roane County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 3
- 2
rooms: 50
- 3
rooms: 154
- 4
rooms: 295
- 5
rooms: 347
- 6
rooms: 214
- 7
rooms: 107
- 8
rooms: 51
- 9
or more rooms: 35
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Roane County: |
- no
bedroom: 25
- 1
bedroom: 161
- 2
bedrooms: 1,166
- 3
bedrooms: 2,721
- 4
bedrooms: 670
- 5
or more bedrooms: 162
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Roane County: |
- no
bedroom: 9
- 1
bedroom: 229
- 2
bedrooms: 518
- 3
bedrooms: 368
- 4
bedrooms: 110
- 5
or more bedrooms: 22
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Roane County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 395
- 1
vehicle: 1,523
- 2
vehicles: 2,172
- 3
vehicles: 585
- 4
vehicles: 181
- 5
or more vehicles: 49
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Roane County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 277
- 1
vehicle: 603
- 2
vehicles: 309
- 3
vehicles: 61
- 4
vehicles: 4
- 5
or more vehicles: 2
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63% of Roane County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in West Virginia.
| Roane
County: |
62.6% | | State
average: | 63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 12370
- Northeast:
556
- Midwest:
1276
- South:
915
- West:
193
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,500 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 7%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 6%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (60%)
- Electricity
(16%)
- Wood
(13%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (68%)
- Electricity
(17%)
- Wood
(7%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- 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): 21
| Here: |
1.3% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: |
2.3% | | West
Virginia: | 4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 37
| Here: |
14.6% | | West
Virginia: | 15.4% |
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