The Charlotte Observer... Racial diversity of its news staff and community

Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists

at America's daily newspapers

with the communities that they serve

Newsroom diversity report for

The Charlotte Observer

Charlotte, North Carolina

Owner: Knight Ridder (Calif.)

From a report for the Knight Foundation

by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005

Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

2005

16.3

2004

16.7

2003

16.9

2002

14.9

2001

17.1

2000

14.4

1999

14.5

1998

15.3

1997

12.7

1996

13.4

1995

13.9

1994

13.9

1993

13.9

1992

13.3

1991

12.7

1990

11.4

The latest year at peak is

2001

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Newsroom Diversity Index

for The Charlotte Observer

Year

Non-white % of newsroom staff

Non-white % of circulation area

Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)

2005

16.3

27.2

2004

16.7

27.2

How the index is calculated

The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff

divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area.

(Parity = 100.)

Company index

This newspaper's owner, Knight Ridder (Calif.),

has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 76.

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Peer group comparison

for The Charlotte Observer

This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 60.

This paper

Peer group

Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers

reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.

In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 32 out of 58

newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.

An example of a newspaper of similar circulation, in an area of similar level of non-white residents, but one that has a relatively high Diversity Index, is The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, with a 21 percent non-white staff in a community that is 30.8 percent non-white. Its index is 68.

FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of

approximately 226,082 ranks 45 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.

See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.

Details on race/ethnicity

in the circulation area

and the home county

of The Charlotte Observer

Circulation area

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

4.6

88,809

Black

19.4

374,458

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.9

35,660

Native-American

0.3

6,510

Other non-white

0.1

1,964

Multi-racial

0.9

16,794

Non-white

27.2

524,195

White

72.8

1,402,320

Total

1,926,515

Home county: Mecklenburg

Race/ethnicity

% of population

Number of residents

Hispanic

6.5

44,871

Black

27.7

192,403

Asian and Pacific Islander

3.2

22,000

Native-American

0.3

2,130

Other non-white

0.2

1,022

Multi-racial

1.1

7,884

Non-white

38.9

270,310

White

61.1

425,144

Total

695,454

The home county of this newspaper is Mecklenburg.

About this report

This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that

every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to

employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does

not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area.

That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and

Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population.

The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight.

Notes and definitions

1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100.

2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year.

3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers.

4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category.

5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available.

6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates.

7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area.

8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000.

9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004.

10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year.

Demographics of ZIP Codes

where sales were reported by

The Charlotte Observer

Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a

ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information.

Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here.

ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office

Weekday sales

Households

Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households)

Median household income

Non-white
% of
population

Hispanic
% of
population

Black
% of
population

Native
% of
population

Asian
% of
population

28210 / Charlotte / NC / 6.9 mi.

8,209

18,493

44.4

$52,286

24.6

8.4

10.8

0.3

3.9

28226 / Charlotte / NC / 8.6 mi.

8,144

14,409

56.5

$68,636

13.3

3.1

5.3

0.2

3.6

28277 / Charlotte / NC / 12.2 mi.

8,097

12,843

63.0

$86,713

12.2

2.7

4.2

0.2

4.3

28211 / Charlotte / NC / 5.1 mi.

6,682

12,010

55.6

$62,371

18.6

3.3

11.9

0.2

2.2

28269 / Charlotte / NC / 6.5 mi.

6,507

16,114

40.4

$61,899

37.0

3.5

27.3

0.3

4.5

28078 / Huntersville / NC / 12.8 mi.

6,109

10,283

59.4

$70,400

14.1

3.7

7.9

0.4

1.5

28105 / Matthews / NC / 10.2 mi.

6,101

11,686

52.2

$65,111

15.2

3.5

7.8

0.3

2.7

28270 / Charlotte / NC / 9 mi.

5,881

9,803

60.0

$76,795

12.1

2.6

5.4

0.2

3.0

28205 / Charlotte / NC / 3.3 mi.

5,812

19,254

30.2

$34,240

58.6

12.6

39.5

0.4

4.1

28227 / Charlotte / NC / 9.5 mi.

5,620

15,130

37.1

$51,189

29.6

5.8

19.9

0.5

2.2

28215 / Charlotte / NC / 8.4 mi.

5,408

14,864

36.4

$46,729

58.3

8.7

44.8

0.3

2.9

28216 / Charlotte / NC / 6.2 mi.

4,730

10,982

43.1

$40,740

65.9

3.4

59.9

0.3

1.5

28208 / Charlotte / NC / 4.7 mi.

4,312

13,083

33.0

$27,576

81.3

5.7

71.3

0.5

2.6

28025 / Concord / NC / 20.8 mi.

4,282

15,681

27.3

$42,157

22.2

6.7

13.7

0.3

0.6

28209 / Charlotte / NC / 3.5 mi.

4,213

10,089

41.8

$46,175

23.1

9.9

9.3

0.4

2.6

28110 / Monroe / NC / 21.3 mi.

3,955

12,789

30.9

$45,402

27.1

10.8

14.6

0.3

0.6

28601 / Hickory / NC / 45.7 mi.

3,899

18,693

20.9

$42,046

15.8

6.8

4.9

0.2

3.0

28214 / Charlotte / NC / 7.7 mi.

3,764

7,912

47.6

$49,534

28.7

2.4

21.1

0.3

3.7

28117 / Mooresville / NC / 24.7 mi.

3,620

7,052

51.3

$65,926

4.9

1.1

1.6

0.3

1.3

28212 / Charlotte / NC / 6.2 mi.

3,526

14,878

23.7

$37,151

57.2

12.1

38.7

0.3

4.0

28027 / Concord / NC / 16.4 mi.

3,514

11,939

29.4

$50,424

17.8

5.3

10.0

0.3

1.3

28202 / Charlotte / NC / 0 mi.

3,256

2,446

133.1

$32,230

58.1

1.5

53.7

0.4

1.3

29720 / Lancaster / SC / 33.9 mi.

3,149

16,940

18.6

$33,919

32.1

1.9

29.0

0.2

0.3

28031 / Cornelius / NC / 17.9 mi.

3,130

5,733

54.6

$75,161

9.7

2.7

5.3

0.2

1.2

28104 / Matthews / NC / 13.8 mi.

2,947

6,625

44.5

$65,768

8.5

1.9

4.2

0.4

1.0

28115 / Mooresville / NC / 24.1 mi.

2,942

9,542

30.8

$40,322

16.5

2.0

12.4

0.4

0.9

28273 / Charlotte / NC / 9 mi.

2,941

7,013

41.9

$56,437

41.8

6.0

28.3

0.4

5.7

28173 / Waxhaw / NC / 22.3 mi.

2,887

6,049

47.7

$59,337

11.4

1.6

8.3

0.3

0.6

28217 / Charlotte / NC / 5.4 mi.

2,828

7,020

40.3

$38,757

78.7

18.0

56.0

0.5

3.0

28213 / Charlotte / NC / 7.7 mi.

2,713

9,539

28.4

$41,340

68.0

16.1

46.0

0.3

4.1

28207 / Charlotte / NC / 2.5 mi.

2,453

3,844

63.8

$84,232

6.0

0.8

3.9

0.1

0.6

28079 / Indian Trail / NC / 15.9 mi.

2,413

4,155

58.1

$54,870

8.3

2.0

3.7

0.5

1.1

28203 / Charlotte / NC / 1.6 mi.

2,379

4,763

49.9

$38,918

46.1

1.5

42.8

0.3

0.7

28092 / Lincolnton / NC / 28.2 mi.

2,346

13,266

17.7

$39,115

17.5

8.9

7.4

0.2

0.3

28262 / Charlotte / NC / 8.6 mi.

2,341

7,104

33.0

$50,538

40.6

4.9

26.4

0.3

7.2

28054 / Gastonia / NC / 17.3 mi.

2,314

13,849

16.7

$38,575

23.5

5.2

15.6

0.2

1.5

29730 / Rock Hill / SC / 25.5 mi.

2,314

16,752

13.8

$36,423

41.8

2.0

36.5

1.7

0.7

28001 / Albemarle / NC / 36.4 mi.

2,313

10,381

22.3

$33,914

18.3

1.5

12.6

0.3

3.2

28037 / Denver / NC / 21.3 mi.

2,201

5,052

43.6

$52,304

5.7

1.3

3.2

0.3

29732 / Rock Hill / SC / 22.7 mi.

2,045

15,075

13.6

$50,107

18.0

2.3

12.8

0.5

1.5

28677 / Statesville / NC / 41.8 mi.

1,927

12,617

15.3

$32,611

32.9

5.9

24.5

0.2

1.5

28655 / Morganton / NC / 62.8 mi.

1,917

20,764

9.2

$36,089

19.6

4.9

9.9

0.3

3.5

28036 / Davidson / NC / 17.7 mi.

1,854

3,246

57.1

$70,215

10.9

2.1

6.6

0.1

1.3

29715 / Fort Mill / SC / 16.2 mi.

1,834

7,679

23.9

$45,054

11.9

1.6

8.6

0.3

0.6

28150 / Shelby / NC / 43.7 mi.

1,764

11,283

15.6

$32,139

33.9

1.4

31.4

0.1

0.4

28012 / Belmont / NC / 11.1 mi.

1,741

7,469

23.3

$42,212

12.0

2.4

6.2

0.3

2.2

28075 / Harrisburg / NC / 12.5 mi.

1,693

5,181

32.7

$63,609

11.6

2.6

6.7

0.3

1.4

28645 / Lenoir / NC / 64.4 mi.

1,643

18,605

8.8

$33,181

12.5

2.5

8.5

0.2

0.4

28144 / Salisbury / NC / 36.2 mi.

1,610

10,113

15.9

$32,188

48.4

3.8

41.9

0.3

1.2

28112 / Monroe / NC / 30.5 mi.

1,580

8,086

19.5

$45,122

27.1

10.2

15.6

0.3

29708 / Fort Mill / SC / 14 mi.

1,563

3,821

40.9

$71,335

6.2

1.1

2.4

0.2

1.6

29710 / Clover / SC / 24.2 mi.

1,557

8,463

18.4

$46,717

13.1

1.3

9.7

0.5

0.8

28658 / Newton / NC / 36.2 mi.

1,467

9,568

15.3

$38,620

19.1

6.2

8.7

0.3

3.0

28164 / Stanley / NC / 15.8 mi.

1,445

4,707

30.7

$41,447

9.6

0.7

7.6

0.4

0.3

28081 / Kannapolis / NC / 21.5 mi.

1,365

9,284

14.7

$36,573

19.3

5.5

11.6

0.3

1.0

28056 / Gastonia / NC / 16.7 mi.

1,331

10,190

13.1

$51,348

11.4

2.1

7.2

0.3

1.1

28625 / Statesville / NC / 38.8 mi.

1,310

11,835

11.1

$42,484

17.4

3.5

11.2

0.2

1.7

29745 / York / SC / 27.1 mi.

1,286

8,069

15.9

$39,214

22.8

2.8

18.1

0.7

0.4

28278 / Charlotte / NC / 12.6 mi.

1,279

2,471

51.8

$71,420

12.8

1.4

8.3

0.2

1.9

28083 / Kannapolis / NC / 23.4 mi.

1,246

8,230

15.1

$34,911

26.3

5.6

18.7

0.2

0.7

28206 / Charlotte / NC / 2.4 mi.

1,203

4,356

27.6

$25,663

94.0

12.4

78.6

0.3

1.8

28120 / Mount Holly / NC / 12.8 mi.

1,144

6,260

18.3

$44,573

12.9

1.5

8.6

0.3

1.6

28086 / Kings Mountain / NC / 30.8 mi.

1,125

9,273

12.1

$37,560

20.2

1.5

16.1

0.2

1.5

28607 / Boone / NC / 81.8 mi.

1,107

9,927

11.2

$30,876

5.8

1.7

2.3

0.3

0.8

28134 / Pineville / NC / 10.3 mi.

1,062

2,834

37.5

$47,091

28.6

6.9

16.9

0.4

2.8

28043 / Forest City / NC / 57.8 mi.

1,018

8,267

12.3

$29,122

22.4

3.2

17.6

0.1

0.5

28681 / Taylorsville / NC / 52.4 mi.

1,008

9,399

10.7

$39,018

9.7

2.5

5.0

0.1

1.3

28170 / Wadesboro / NC / 45.3 mi.

1,001

4,728

21.2

$28,655

53.5

0.8

51.4

0.3

0.5

28379 / Rockingham / NC / 62.5 mi.

994

10,309

9.6

$28,603

32.0

2.4

26.3

1.3

0.9

28613 / Conover / NC / 40.7 mi.

940

7,664

12.3

$40,722

17.2

6.1

5.3

0.2

4.5

28204 / Charlotte / NC / 1.4 mi.

927

2,294

40.4

$33,006

43.2

1.6

39.2

0.3

0.9

28602 / Hickory / NC / 42.7 mi.

840

10,695

7.9

$36,715

25.1

4.9

15.4

0.2

3.6

28021 / Cherryville / NC / 31.1 mi.

800

4,950

16.2

$37,565

10.4

2.0

7.2

0.2

0.5

28052 / Gastonia / NC / 22.9 mi.

775

13,808

5.6

$31,421

37.4

4.7

31.1

0.2

0.5

29520 / Cheraw / SC / 66.5 mi.

764

5,456

14.0

$30,266

46.0

0.7

43.7

0.4

0.6

28023 / China Grove / NC / 27.9 mi.

739

4,931

15.0

$38,009

11.6

5.2

4.8

0.3

0.6

28139 / Rutherfordton / NC / 66.7 mi.

691

6,889

10.0

$35,915

10.4

1.4

8.0

0.2

0.3

28103 / Marshville / NC / 30.1 mi.

683

3,340

20.4

$42,272

22.5

1.7

19.8

0.3

0.1

28152 / Shelby / NC / 41.3 mi.

645

8,645

7.5

$36,644

23.8

1.7

20.6

0.2

0.5

29706 / Chester / SC / 43 mi.

576

8,011

7.2

$31,880

45.3

0.7

43.5

0.2

0.3

28673 / Sherrills Ford / NC / 28.6 mi.

564

1,713

32.9

$45,045

8.4

0.9

6.5

0.2

0.1

28345 / Hamlet / NC / 70.7 mi.

553

4,820

11.5

$29,531

41.1

1.3

35.6

2.7

0.3

28147 / Salisbury / NC / 34.5 mi.

538

8,047

6.7

$40,819

22.0

5.7

13.8

0.3

1.1

28107 / Midland / NC / 18 mi.

536

1,975

27.1

$48,701

8.6

1.4

5.9

0.6

0.2

28097 / Locust / NC / 24.9 mi.

487

1,154

42.2

$45,069

5.9

3.0

1.8

0.4

0.1

28128 / Norwood / NC / 38.3 mi.

485

3,012

16.1

$37,026

20.0

3.0

14.7

0.2

1.5

28650 / Maiden / NC / 29.7 mi.

445

3,968

11.2

$41,298

11.2

3.6

5.9

0.3

0.9

28630 / Granite Falls / NC / 52.5 mi.

435

6,706

6.5

$39,763

4.6

2.6

1.0

0.2

0.4

28034 / Dallas / NC / 21.3 mi.

430

5,479

7.8

$38,542

11.7

1.6

9.0

0.3

28352 / Laurinburg / NC / 85.5 mi.

428

9,400

4.6

$31,293

49.5

1.2

38.6

7.8

0.7

28166 / Troutman / NC / 31.5 mi.

413

2,514

16.4

$45,000

19.0

0.8

17.3

0.1

0.3

28146 / Salisbury / NC / 35 mi.

412

9,895

4.2

$41,776

10.8

2.7

6.5

0.2

0.7

28374 / Pinehurst / NC / 77.4 mi.

407

5,220

7.8

$57,821

7.6

1.0

5.4

0.3

0.6

28168 / Vale / NC / 39.9 mi.

399

3,553

11.2

$40,467

7.3

1.7

4.1

0.2

0.7

29728 / Pageland / SC / 39.7 mi.

394

3,377

11.7

$28,874

40.7

5.0

34.2

0.4

28690 / Valdese / NC / 53.7 mi.

378

4,069

9.3

$32,923

10.5

2.8

2.4

0.2

4.3

28752 / Marion / NC / 75 mi.

378

11,545

3.3

$32,162

9.7

3.5

4.4

0.3

0.7

29512 / Bennettsville / SC / 76 mi.

372

6,771

5.5

$25,442

61.3

0.6

58.1

1.5

0.3

28127 / New London / NC / 38.8 mi.

366

2,475

14.8

$39,214

22.1

0.9

20.0

0.3

0.6

29577 / Myrtle Beach / SC / 152.8 mi.

364

12,378

2.9

$35,024

21.9

4.7

13.2

0.4

1.7

28163 / Stanfield / NC / 22.9 mi.

358

2,429

14.7

$37,720

7.1

5.7

0.5

0.2

27306 / Mount Gilead / NC / 49.2 mi.

356

2,458

14.5

$32,121

42.3

1.3

35.9

0.2

4.0

28129 / Oakboro / NC / 28.9 mi.

348

1,918

18.1

$42,480

8.6

1.9

5.9

0.4

0.1

28610 / Claremont / NC / 38.1 mi.

343

3,292

10.4

$41,936

11.4

2.4

5.8

0.1

2.4

28605 / Blowing Rock / NC / 78.6 mi.

341

1,490

22.9

$48,750

2.4

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.5

28174 / Wingate / NC / 27.6 mi.

333

2,280

14.6

$42,198

33.7

5.3

27.2

0.3

28160 / Spindale / NC / 61.4 mi.

314

1,742

18.0

$25,052

27.1

1.0

24.5

0.2

0.5

28080 / Iron Station / NC / 21.6 mi.

310

2,247

13.8

$41,238

12.8

1.9

9.6

0.4

0.3

29201 / Columbia / SC / 86.6 mi.

301

5,702

5.3

$22,473

43.8

2.4

36.6

0.2

3.2

28124 / Mount Pleasant / NC / 27.7 mi.

292

1,956

14.9

$50,337

7.3

0.5

5.2

0.4

0.8

29709 / Chesterfield / SC / 54.7 mi.

290

2,452

11.8

$32,030

30.7

0.8

29.0

0.3

0.2

28659 / North Wilkesboro / NC / 68.4 mi.

285

8,773

3.2

$31,465

12.7

5.9

5.5

0.2

0.4

28016 / Bessemer City / NC / 25.7 mi.

285

5,505

5.2

$35,695

14.3

2.5

10.5

0.3

28638 / Hudson / NC / 55.6 mi.

278

4,815

5.8

$37,665

4.1

2.6

0.4

0.2

0.4

28032 / Cramerton / NC / 13.4 mi.

269

994

27.1

$39,800

5.4

0.9

1.8

0.5

1.2

28387 / Southern Pines / NC / 82.4 mi.

246

5,727

4.3

$41,250

27.5

2.1

23.6

0.4

0.7

28609 / Catawba / NC / 32.8 mi.

241

2,145

11.2

$42,101

12.2

1.6

9.2

0.3

0.6

28135 / Polkton / NC / 41.9 mi.

233

1,170

19.9

$31,641

44.7

1.3

41.3

0.9

28040 / Ellenboro / NC / 52.3 mi.

206

2,590

8.0

$32,292

6.3

0.7

4.5

0.2

28338 / Ellerbe / NC / 62.3 mi.

197

1,819

10.8

$25,205

37.5

7.5

28.8

0.4

0.1

28090 / Lawndale / NC / 42.2 mi.

196

3,164

6.2

$33,479

18.6

1.9

16.1

0.1

29067 / Kershaw / SC / 50.4 mi.

196

3,466

5.7

$35,477

26.2

1.2

23.8

0.3

0.2

28697 / Wilkesboro / NC / 64.3 mi.

189

5,011

3.8

$39,635

11.5

3.5

6.4

0.1

0.9

29550 / Hartsville / SC / 73.2 mi.

178

12,211

1.5

$32,747

33.0

1.2

30.8

0.2

0.3

29055 / Great Falls / SC / 46 mi.

169

1,919

8.8

$29,435

35.8

0.7

34.2

0.1

0.2

28604 / Banner Elk / NC / 86.4 mi.

162

2,207

7.3

$34,590

4.3

1.4

1.2

0.2

0.4

27371 / Troy / NC / 51.6 mi.

160

2,903

5.5

$33,250

27.7

4.4

20.6

0.4

1.4

29582 / North Myrtle Beach / SC / 157.7 mi.

147

5,829

2.5

$38,213

11.0

2.7

6.2

0.5

0.7

28098 / Lowell / NC / 14.5 mi.

144

1,097

13.1

$34,602

8.6

1.1

5.7

0.3

0.7

28682 / Terrell / NC / 25.7 mi.

142

379

37.5

$57,212

2.7

0.4

1.4

0.8

0.1

28017 / Boiling Springs / NC / 46.1 mi.

140

280

50.0

$46,528

14.2

1.6

10.4

0.2

0.9

29058 / Heath Springs / SC / 46 mi.

139

1,784

7.8

$31,705

30.2

0.4

29.2

0.0

0.1

28159 / Spencer / NC / 40.7 mi.

134

1,187

11.3

$34,244

34.1

7.3

24.6

0.2

0.6

28133 / Peachland / NC / 37.7 mi.

133

1,070

12.4

$42,596

19.8

1.3

16.0

0.5

1.4

29501 / Florence / SC / 96.5 mi.

128

15,625

0.8

$39,809

30.0

1.0

26.9

0.2

1.2

28739 / Hendersonville / NC / 95.8 mi.

126

7,787

1.6

$40,226

7.5

2.8

3.1

0.2

0.6

28007 / Ansonville / NC / 42.4 mi.

125

266

47.0

$27,212

73.0

0.3

72.1

0.0

28137 / Richfield / NC / 39 mi.

121

1,086

11.1

$35,313

6.7

0.6

3.8

0.0

1.1

29566 / Little River / SC / 154.9 mi.

121

4,931

2.5

$38,893

20.5

1.1

18.0

0.4

0.3

28138 / Rockwell / NC / 30.8 mi.

112

3,791

3.0

$40,225

4.3

1.4

1.7

0.2

28114 / Mooresboro / NC / 49.1 mi.

107

2,797

3.8

$32,318

7.7

0.9

5.9

0.1

0.3

27376 / West End / NC / 73.7 mi.

103

3,134

3.3

$44,206

20.0

1.4

16.6

0.6

0.3

28694 / West Jefferson / NC / 85.6 mi.

102

2,964

3.4

$28,072

5.3

3.9

0.6

0.2

28782 / Tryon / NC / 78.3 mi.

101

2,811

3.6

$36,777

13.2

2.6

9.3

0.2

28678 / Stony Point / NC / 44.8 mi.

100

1,770

5.6

$40,354

12.0

3.3

6.1

0.3

1.5

29718 / Jefferson / SC / 49.5 mi.

1,305

7.6

$26,778

33.7

3.1

29.6

0.1

0.0

28657 / Newland / NC / 82.9 mi.

4,256

2.3

$31,288

4.1

2.9

0.4

0.1

0.2

28646 / Linville / NC / 80.9 mi.

115

82.6

$44,000

2.2

0.0

0.4

28125 / Mount Ulla / NC / 29.5 mi.

755

12.5

$50,967

4.1

1.6

1.4

0.6

0.2

28091 / Lilesville / NC / 52.8 mi.

943

9.7

$28,293

49.7

0.3

48.3

0.5

0.4

28637 / Hildebran / NC / 46.7 mi.

624

14.3

$33,029

7.4

1.2

1.1

0.6

3.9

28619 / Drexel / NC / 56.1 mi.

529

16.6

$29,375

15.5

2.8

3.6

0.7

7.8

28636 / Hiddenite / NC / 51.9 mi.

1,874

4.5

$34,913

7.1

2.9

3.0

0.2

0.4

28119 / Morven / NC / 55.4 mi.

1,029

8.0

$27,061

74.0

0.6

72.3

0.4

0.0

28009 / Badin / NC / 42.8 mi.

424

19.1

$26,635

30.7

0.7

29.1

0.0

29741 / Ruby / SC / 50.2 mi.

697

11.6

$27,964

23.5

0.6

21.9

0.2

28088 / Landis / NC / 25.5 mi.

1,244

6.4

$36,184

13.8

8.3

3.4

0.2

1.1

28033 / Crouse / NC / 33.7 mi.

750

10.5

$39,697

6.1

3.5

2.0

0.1

0.3

28612 / Connelly Springs / NC / 48.7 mi.

4,685

1.7

$37,354

6.1

0.6

1.1

0.2

3.5

29570 / Mc Coll / SC / 80.9 mi.

1,603

4.8

$27,003

41.7

1.0

26.1

12.7

0.1

28018 / Bostic / NC / 56.7 mi.

2,153

3.5

$29,198

4.0

0.9

2.3

0.2

0.3

28722 / Columbus / NC / 70.2 mi.

2,425

3.0

$40,602

7.4

3.3

3.0

0.1

0.2

27292 / Lexington / NC / 51.5 mi.

15,295

0.5

$34,237

22.8

5.2

15.4

0.4

0.9

27013 / Cleveland / NC / 36.3 mi.

1,986

3.5

$39,175

22.5

2.4

18.2

0.3

28073 / Grover / NC / 35 mi.

1,737

3.5

$35,519

17.5

1.1

14.7

0.3

27229 / Candor / NC / 59.7 mi.

1,328

4.4

$32,534

49.0

25.3

22.6

0.2

0.4

28746 / Lake Lure / NC / 76.5 mi.

988

6.0

$32,269

12.3

0.9

10.3

0.1

29729 / Richburg / SC / 40 mi.

731

7.9

$36,731

32.6

1.1

29.4

0.5

0.9

29525 / Clio / SC / 86.5 mi.

754

7.4

$25,608

68.2

0.7

62.7

4.0

0.1

27028 / Mocksville / NC / 51.6 mi.

9,118

0.6

$36,754

14.8

4.4

8.9

0.2

0.3

28343 / Gibson / NC / 79 mi.

639

8.3

$28,352

47.7

0.5

36.6

9.3

0.2

28020 / Casar / NC / 49.3 mi.

988

5.3

$33,824

1.9

1.1

0.3

0.0

29516 / Blenheim / SC / 86.4 mi.

272

18.0

$27,125

35.3

0.3

32.5

1.7

0.0

29704 / Catawba / SC / 26.8 mi.

1,021

4.7

$46,844

19.8

1.1

15.2

1.4

0.6

29714 / Fort Lawn / SC / 36.5 mi.

1,050

4.6

$35,636

33.0

0.8

30.7

0.7

0.1

28327 / Carthage / NC / 81 mi.

5,150

0.9

$39,152

16.3

2.7

12.0

0.7

0.3

28072 / Granite Quarry / NC / 34.7 mi.

43.4

$32,917

16.8

3.1

9.9

0.4

3.1

29526 / Conway / SC / 140.8 mi.

11,401

0.4

$36,136

19.6

2.5

15.1

0.5

0.6

29532 / Darlington / SC / 84.8 mi.

8,045

0.5

$29,913

51.3

1.0

49.6

0.2

29727 / Mount Croghan / SC / 47.3 mi.

568

6.2

$24,900

33.2

2.1

30.2

0.1

28006 / Alexis / NC / 19.1 mi.

233

13.3

$42,885

1.1

0.7

0.0

0.2

28019 / Caroleen / NC / 53.8 mi.

269

10.8

$19,439

14.1

1.8

11.7

0.3

0.0

28671 / Rutherford College / NC / 52.9 mi.

196

14.8

$41,339

5.4

0.0

0.6

0.0

4.6

28660 / Olin / NC / 50.3 mi.

613

4.6

$50,887

10.3

2.8

6.1

0.1

0.4

29712 / Edgemoor / SC / 30.8 mi.

855

2.9

$42,857

24.4

1.5

21.7

0.7

0.0

28076 / Henrietta / NC / 53.8 mi.

105

22.9

$20,435

7.2

4.0

0.4

0.0

1.6

29726 / Mc Connells / SC / 33.1 mi.

580

3.6

$42,083

26.9

1.3

24.5

0.2

0.0

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