Population (year 2000): 5,394
Males: 2,367 (43.9%), Females: 3,027
(56.1%)
Land area: 5.0 square miles
Zip code: 27932
Median resident age: 37.0 years
Median household income:
$25,241 (year 2000)
Median house value: $84,700 (year 2000)
Races in Edenton:
- Black (55.2%)
- White Non-Hispanic (42.3%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries:
United States (12.3%),
English (6.3%),
German (4.3%),
Irish (4.2%),
Italian (2.6%)
Scotch-Irish (1.8%).
For population 25 years and over in Edenton town
- High school or higher: 73.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.8%
- Unemployed: 12.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Edenton town
- Never married: 36.4%
- Now married: 39.2%
- Separated: 6.0%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 7.6%
0.8% Foreign born
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+:
Suffolk, VA (47.0 miles, pop. 63,677).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+:
Norfolk, VA (61.7 miles, pop. 234,403).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+:
Philadelphia, PA (290.1 miles, pop.
1,517,550).
Nearest cities:
Hertford,
NC (12.6 miles),
Roper, NC (12.9
miles),
Winfall, NC (14.7 miles),
Colerain, NC (14.7 miles),
Plymouth, NC (17.0 miles),
Creswell, NC (19.7 miles),
Windsor, NC (24.0 miles),
Powellsville, NC (25.1 miles).
Area code: 252
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social
services (31.4%), Manufacturing (16.7%),
Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (11.3%).
Crime in Edenton (2001):
- 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 3 rapes (55.6 per 100,000)
- 6 robberies (111.2 per 100,000)
- 26 assaults (482.0 per 100,000)
- 91 burglaries (1687.1 per 100,000)
- 207 larceny counts (3837.6 per 100,000)
- 4 auto thefts (74.2 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 429.6 (higher
means
more crime, US average =
330.6)
Hospital/medical center in Edenton:
- CHOWAN HOSPITAL (VIRGINIA RD BOX 629)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Edenton:
- WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; PLYMOUTH, NC)
- BERTIE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; WINDSOR, NC)
- ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; ELIZABETH CITY, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Edenton:
- PITT-GREENVILLE (about 62 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; ID: PGV)
- NORFOLK INTL (about 64 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: ORF)
- NORFOLK NS (about 64 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: NGU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Edenton:
- NORTHEASTERN RGNL (about 5 miles; EDENTON, NC; ID: EDE)
- PLYMOUTH MUNI (about 21 miles; PLYMOUTH, NC; ID: PMZ)
- ELIZABETH CITY CG AIR STATION/RGNL (about 34 miles; ELIZABETH CITY, NC; ID:
ECG)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Edenton:
- TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment:
11,042)
- NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 5,820)
- EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment:
16,633)
- PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment:
3,072)
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 62 miles; VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; FT
enrollment: 2,083)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles; NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 13,330)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; HAMPTON, VA; FT enrollment: 5,249)
Public high school in Edenton:
- JOHN A HOLMES HIGH (Students: 775; Location: 600 WOODARD ST; Grades:
09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Edenton:
- WHITE OAK ELEMENTARY (Students: 586; Location: 111 SANDY RIDGE RD;
Grades: PK - 02)
- D F WALKER ELEMENTARY (Students: 557; Location: 125 SANDY RIDGE ROAD;
Grades: 03 - 05)
Private primary/middle school in Edenton:
- COUNTRYSIDE SCHOOL (Students: 60; Location: 100 COUNTRYSIDE DR;
Grades: PK - 2)
TV broadcast stations around Edenton:
- WUND-TV (Channel 2; COLUMBIA, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WFTB-LP (Channel 55; WILLIAMSTON, ETC., NC; Owner: FREE TEMPLE MINISTRIES,
INC.)
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One of its citizens signed theDeclaration of Independence (a second signer died
in Edenton while fleeing his creditors), and
another signed the United States Constitution.
Artisans in Edenton and the surrounding Chowan
and Roanoke River basins were leaders in building
and cabinetmaking. During the early eighteenth
century, Edenton was the second largest port in
the colonies.
Hurricane,
Prep., Supplies/Suggestions, 
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