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Country
  
United States

County
  
Moore

FIPS code
  
37-24570

Elevation
  
174 m

Population
  
949 (2013)

Area code
  
910

State
  
North Carolina

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1027620

Zip code
  
27281

Local time
  
Wednesday 5:52 PM

Foxfire, North Carolina

Weather
  
4°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 19% Humidity

Area
  
7.511 km² (7.511 km² Land / 26 ha Water)

Foxfire is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 902 at the 2010 census.

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Map of Foxfire, NC 27281, USA

Geography

Foxfire is located at 35°10′32″N 79°34′22″W (35.175635, -79.572843).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), of which, 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (2.05%) is water.

It is one of the few incorporated areas of North Carolina that does not host any primary numbered state highways (0-999).

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 474 people, 222 households, and 172 families residing in the village. The population density was 165.4 people per square mile (63.8/km²). There were 324 housing units at an average density of 113.1 per square mile (43.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.31% White, 1.27% African American and 0.42% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.05% of the population.

There were 222 households out of which 12.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.9% were married couples living together, 2.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.40.

In the village, the population was spread out with 11.0% under the age of 18, 3.0% from 18 to 24, 15.4% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 47.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 64 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $54,750, and the median income for a family was $60,625. Males had a median income of $51,042 versus $24,643 for females. The per capita income for the village was $29,030. About 1.7% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.

References

Foxfire, North Carolina Wikipedia