Community Fairhope County Baldwin State Alabama MSA Mobile, AL Incorporated Yes Foreign Trade Zone No Enterprise Zone No
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Area of State: Southwest Latitude: 30:31:22 Longitude: 87:54:12
Distance From: Atlanta: 335 Birmingham: 255 Huntsville: 340 Mobile, AL: 13 Memphis: 415 Nashville: 452 Montgomery: 170 Tampa: 490 New Orleans: 157 Jacksonville 409
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Year: 2001 Current Population 2000 Census 1990 Census City: 9898 12480 8485 County: 143575 140415 98280 MSA: 545354 540258 476923 Estimated
present population
(30 mi. radius):513992 Households in county: 57291 Income: Per Capita: $29941 Average Household: $55976 Median Household: $42834
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Mean Temperature (Fahr.): Annual January July 67° 51° 81° Avg. Annual Precipitation: 65 inches Altitude: 92 ft. above MSL Prevailing winds: North
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School system: Baldwin Co. Schools/Fairhope Schools For school year: 2000-2001 No. Teacher/Student Elementary: 27 / 2 1/18
Middle/Junior: 7 / 1 1/25
High school: 6 / 1 1/29
Vocational Tech: 1 Private/parochial: 1 Total HS Graduates/yr: 964 Enrollment: 22656 Spending Per Pupil: $5714.82 Nearest Post-secondary education: Enrollment
Vocational tech: Bishop State Technical College Location: Mobile, AL Miles From City: Custom curriculum: Yes Two-year college: Faulkner State Comm. College 2775
Location: Fairhope-Bay Minette, AL Miles From City: University: University of South Alabama Location: Fairhope Campus-Fairhope, AL 179
Miles From City:
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City County Type of Government: Mayor/City Council County Commission Land Use Regulations Zoning Ordinances:
Yes Yes Subdivision regulations
with design standards:Yes Yes Planning commissions:
Yes Yes Garbage Collection: Yes Yes Public Library: Yes Yes No of volumes:
10,000 250,000 Fire Protection Full time personnel:
0 0 Volunteers:
41 500 Fire Insurance Rating:
4 9 Fire Protection for
industry outside city limits:No Police/Sheriff Full time personnel:
24 186 Patrol Cars:
21 96 Police Patrol for
industry outside city limits:Yes Emergency Medical Service Paramedics:
Yes Yes 911 or E911:
Yes Yes
Highways Serving Community Interstate Federal State Highway Miles to Highway Miles to Highway Miles to 10 11 31 0 104 0 65 25 98 0 225 5 90 5 59 14
Railroad Service: CSX Transportation Piggyback Service: No Intermodal Facilities: No
Waterways Tensaw River Miles to River: Navigable: Yes Channel Depth: 9 feet Nearest Port Facility: Mobile 13 miles
Air service Municipal Service: Fairhope Municipal Airport Longest runway: 6600 feet Surface: Asphalt Lighted: Yes Aircraft Tiedown: Yes ILS: No Hangars: Yes Repair facilities: Yes Nearest commercial service: Mobile, AL Distance: 38 mi. Major carriers Atlantic Southeast Comair Continental Express Delta Northwest Airlink United Express US Airways No. of daily commercial flights: 28
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Motor Freight Service Area Total carriers 48 states: 40 Southeast only: 25 Alabama only: 0 Carriers with
local terminals:6 Less than truckload? Yes Bus service: Greyhound & Trailways Parcel Service: UPS, FedEx, Airborne, DHL
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Suppliers Distributors Electricity Alabama Municipal Electric Authority Alabama Municipal Electric Authority Riviera Utilities
Natural Gas United Gas Pipeline City of Fairhope Water City of Fairhope Capacity: 8.0 MGD Avg. Daily Consumption: 3.8 MGD Peak Consumption: 6.8 MGD Storage Capacity: 3.6 MGD Source: 8 Wells Type: Deep Wells Planned facilities: Line extensions Sanitation City of Fairhope Sewage treatment plant type: Activated Sludge Capacity: 4.0 MGD Present load: 47% Sanitary sewer coverage: 95% Sewer use charge? No Storm sewer coverage: 65% Solid waste disposal: Sanitary landfill - city Planned facilities: Line extensions Fuel oil: Fairhope Coal: Mobile LP Gas: Fairhope
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Local telephone provider: BellSouth Switching: Digital Fiber optics? Yes ISDN? Yes Long distance provider: AT&T, MCI & Sprint Mobile Service? Yes Post office classification: First Newspapers Daily Eastern Shore Courier Weekly Eastern Shores News Weekly Mobile Press Register Radio Stations: AM 14 FM 11 Television stations: Local: 4 Cable service: Yes Channels: 52
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No. Beds Hospitals: 3 284 Clinics: 10 112 Physicians: 49 Dentists: 7 Nearest regional
medical facility:Thomas Hospital Distance: 0 miles
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No. Rooms Hotels 1 306 Motels 3 61 Restaurants: 35 Meeting rooms: Yes Auditorium: Yes Seating capacity/largest 200 Churches & synagogues Protestant 37 Catholic 2 Jewish 2
Country clubs? Yes Golf courses? Yes Movie theatres? No Tennis courts? Yes Ball fields? Yes Swimming pools? Yes Health clubs? Yes Parks? Yes Skating rinks? Yes Amateur theatres? Yes Other facilities: Racquetball Civic Center 7 Bed & Breakfast Inns Nearest State Park: Meaher State Park Distance: 11 miles Nearest Public Lake: Gulf Shores Distance: 34 miles
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Manufacturers' Real Property Tax year 2000 Rate/$1,000 Assess. ratio Effective rate In city Out city City: $15.00 20% $ 3.00 County: $23.00 20% $ 4.60 $ 4.60 State: $ 6.50 20% $ 1.30 $ 1.30 Total: $44.50 $ 8.90 $ 5.90 Above figures include 15.00 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits Tax Rate General Sales Use Machinery City: 0.0% % % County: 2.0% 2.0% 0.75% State: 4.0% % 1.5% County tax may vary within city limits Income/occupational tax City occupational: % County occupational: % State corporate: 5.0% State individual*: 2.0% Minimum 5.0% Maximum *Deduction allowed for Federal Income Tax
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Number of manufacturers: 181 Total manufacturing employment: 5907 Largest Employers in County Firm Product/Service Employment Baldwin Co. Board of Education Education 2696 Riviera Center Outlet Mall General Retail 1800 Wal-Mart Super Centers General Retail 1200 Mercy Hospital Medical Care 775 Standard Furniture Furniture 740 Thomas Hospital Medical Care 650 Baldwin County Government Government 630 Southern Aluminum Aluminum Casting 570 South Baldwin Regional Med. Ctr. Medical Care 450 BF Goodrich Aerospace Thrust Reversers & Nacelle Components 447 Largest Employers in City Firm Product/Service Employment Poser Business Forms, Inc. Printing 100-501 Emperor Clock Company Clocks 51-75 Hoover Material Systems Containers 31-40 Harbor Furniture Manufacturing Tables and Bar Tops 35 Rus Apparel Uniform Rental 30 Marine Exhaust Systems of AL Marine Engine Components 16-20 Fairhope Clay Products Co., Inc. Bricks 6-10 Mitchell Resources Inc. Oil Well Drilling 1-5
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Labor Force Total: 71310 Labor Force Participation Male: 52.3% Female: 47.7% Minority: 15.6% Employment: 69070 Unemployment: 2240 Unemployment rate: 3.1%
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City Clerk Ms. Geniece Johnson
City of Fairhope
P.0. Drawer 429
327 Fairhope Avenue
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Phone: (251) 928-2136
Fax: (251) 928-6776
Email: info@cofairhope.com
City Hall Hours: Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.