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Demographics

People

Total Population	830
Male Share of the Population	44.6%
Female Share of the Population	55.4%
Senior Citizens	21%
Employed Population 16+	385
Age of the Population	48

Families

% of people married	42.5%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	20.9%
Median Earnings25+	$26,650
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$28,750

Wealth

Median Family Income	$52,143
% Above Poverty Level	86.2%
% Below Poverty Level	13.8%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	20 minutes
% Working from Home	0.8%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.8%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	33.8%
Median Gross Rent	$481
Median House Value	$79,500

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	39.5%
Irish	9%
German	4.6%
English	4.2%
Russian	1.7%
French Except Basque	1.6%
Scottish	1.6%
Greek	0.6%
Dutch	0.5%
Polish	0.4%
African	0.2%
Ukrainian	0.1%
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Star Almanac

Category	Value
County	Montgomery County
Standard Zip Codes	27356
Phone Area Codes	910
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	35.4
Approximate Longitude	-79.78

Star Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	JACKSON SPRINGS 5 WNW
Distance	13.1 miles
Jan Temp	31 to 50 F
Apr Temp	48 to 72 F
Jul Temp	69 to 89 F
Oct Temp	50 to 72 F
Annual Precip	47.9 inches

Station	ALBEMARLE
Distance	23.4 miles
Jan Temp	28 to 51 F
Apr Temp	44 to 72 F
Jul Temp	68 to 89 F
Oct Temp	47 to 72 F
Annual Precip	48.7 inches

Station	SILER CITY 2 N
Distance	30.9 miles
Jan Temp	29 to 49 F
Apr Temp	46 to 71 F
Jul Temp	67 to 89 F
Oct Temp	47 to 71 F
Annual Precip	48.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Biscoe	2,490	$45,795
Candor	1,097	$50,703
Mount Gilead	1,161	$59,653
Robbins	1,743	$42,188
Seagrove	348	$37,250
Troy	3,348	$42,426

Star Public Schools

Star Elementary
302 S Main Street
ZIP: 27356
(910) 428-4333
Primary
Total Enrollment 248

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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