Cajah's Mountain, North Carolina

Back to Cajah's Mountain, NC housing info, Caldwell County, North Carolina, NC smaller cities, NC small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Caldwell County Population in July 2008: 2,688. Population change since 2000: +0.2%   Males: 1,369   (51.0%) Females: 1,319   (49.0%) Median resident age:   40.5 years North Carolina median age:   35.3 years Zip codes: 28645. Estimated median household income in 2007: $42,040 (it was $39,566 in 2000) Cajah's Mountain:   $42,040 North Carolina:   $44,670 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $20,393 Cajah's Mountain:   $20,393 North Carolina:   $24,307 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $105,726 (it was $83,700 in 2000) Cajah's Mountain:   $105,726 North Carolina:   $145,700 Cajah's Mountain, NC residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Cajah's Mountain: White Non-Hispanic (94.8%) Black (3.2%) Hispanic (0.9%) Other race (0.5%) 2008 cost of living index in Cajah's Mountain: 78.3 (low, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Cajah's Mountain, North Carolina on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Cajah's Mountain is mentioned 11 times on our forum: Hickory, NC  (28 replies) pros and cons anyone  (20 replies) Lowes and a Food Lion  (7 replies) Question about Gamewell  (7 replies) Help Please?  (3 replies) Hudson, Hickory or Lenoir  (13 replies) Ancestries: United States (22.3%), German (13.0%), English (8.7%), Irish (5.6%), Scottish (3.3%), French (2.5%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Elevation: 1323 feet Land area: 3.06 square miles. Population density: 879 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in Cajah's Mountain, North Carolina

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Cajah's Mountain-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 8% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/7/1998, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 9.0 miles away from the Cajah's Mountain town center injured 2 people and caused $1 million in damages.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 tornado 13.5 miles away from the town center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Cajah's Mountain-area historical earthquake activity is above North Carolina state average. It is 89% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 93.6 miles away from Cajah's Mountain center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 95.7 miles away from the city center
On 6/29/1996 at 19:30:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 95.3 miles away from the city center
On 8/25/2005 at 03:09:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MW, Depth: 5.0 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 70.7 miles away from Cajah's Mountain center
On 6/26/1995 at 00:36:17, a magnitude 3.5 (3.1 MB, 3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 62.2 miles away from the city center
On 2/12/1994 at 02:40:24, a magnitude 3.4 (2.9 ML, 3.4 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 70.6 miles away from Cajah's Mountain center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)

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Churches in Cajah's Mountain include: Cajah Mountain Baptist Church (A), Pleasant Hill Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	72.9%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	4.9%
Whole state:	4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.3% of all households

This town:	11.2%
Whole state:	12.3%

This town:	2.3%
Whole state:	5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Cajah's Mountain, NC

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4.99% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,064 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.99%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

from Catawba County, NC	1.04% ($29,689 average AGI)
from Burke County, NC	0.89% ($27,234)
from Watauga County, NC	0.19% ($34,232)

4.87% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,571 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.87%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

to Catawba County, NC	1.09% ($28,517 average AGI)
to Burke County, NC	0.81% ($26,138)
to Alexander County, NC	0.18% ($41,902)