Community Foley 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: 30:24:00 Longitude: 87:41:00
Distance From: Atlanta: 316 Birmingham: 275 Huntsville: 376 Mobile: 36 Memphis: 427 Nashville: 467 Montgomery: 186 Tampa: 498 New Orleans: 182 Jacksonville 389
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Year: 2001 Current Population 2000 Census 1990 Census City: 6709 7590 4937 County: 143575 140415 98280 MSA: 545354 540258 476923 Estimated
present population
(30 mi. radius):442980 Households in county: 57291 Income: Baldwin Foley (2000) Per Capita: $22941 $15335 Average Household: $55976 $36558 Median Household: $57291 $29480
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Mean Temperature (Fahr.): Annual January July 67 51 81 Avg. Annual Precipitation: 67 inches Altitude: 74 ft. above MSL Prevailing winds: N 8-9 mph
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School system: East Baldwin-County Schools For school year: 2000-2001 No. Teacher/Student Elementary: 27 1/18
Middle/Junior: 9 1/25
High school: 5 1/29
Vocational Tech: 2 Private/parochial: 10 Total HS Graduates/yr: 232 Enrollment: 2 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 Location: Fairhope-Bay Minette-Gulf Shores, AL
2775
Miles From City: Two-year college: United States Sports Academy Location: Daphne, AL 150
Miles From City: University: Columbia Southern University Location: Orange Beach, AL 2000
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:
35404 250000 Fire Protection Full time personnel:
3 0 Volunteers:
35 500 Fire Insurance Rating:
4 9 Fire Protection for
industry outside city limits:Yes Police/Sheriff Full time personnel:
55 186 Patrol Cars:
17 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 22 98 0 59 0 65 38 90 10 104 10 31 16
Railroad Service: CSX Transportation Piggyback Service: No Intermodal Facilities: No
Waterways Intercoastal Miles to River: 10 Navigable: Yes Channel Depth: 12 feet Nearest Port Facility: Port of Pensacola 35 miles
Air service Municipal Service: Foley Municipal Airport Longest runway: 6600 feet Surface: Asphalt Lighted: Yes Aircraft Tiedown: Yes ILS: No Hangars: Yes Repair facilities: Yes Nearest commercial service: Pensacola, FL Distance: 39 mi. Major carriers American Comair Continental Delta Northwest Airlink USAir US Airways Express No. of daily commercial flights: 45
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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 Riviera Utilities Natural Gas Alabama Gas Corporation Riviera Utilities Water Riviera Utilities Capacity: 4.6 MGD Avg. Daily Consumption: 2.0 MGD Peak Consumption: 3.0 MGD Storage Capacity: 3.0 MGD Source: 5 Deep Wells Type: Deep Wells Planned facilities: None at this time. Sanitation Riviera Utilities Sewage treatment plant type: Activated Sludge Capacity: 2.0 MGD Present load: 60% Sanitary sewer coverage: 80% Sewer use charge? Yes Storm sewer coverage: Yes Solid waste disposal: Sanitary Landfill Planned facilities: Line extensions Fuel oil: Locally Coal: Mobile LP Gas: Locally
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Local telephone provider: Gulf Telephone Switching: Digital Fiber optics? Yes ISDN? Yes Redundancy? Yes POP? Yes Mobile Service: Yes Long distance provider: Sprint, MCI, AT&T, Delta Com Post office classification: First Newspapers Daily 2 Twice Weekly 1 Mobile/Baldwin Register Onlooker Radio Stations: AM 14 FM 11 Television stations: Local: 0 Cable service: Yes Channels: 34
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No. Beds Hospitals: City: 1 County: 3 City: 27 County: 287 Clinics: 10 112 Physicians: City: 140 County: 313 Dentists: City: 57 County: 75 Nearest regional
medical facility:Foley-So. Baldwin Regional
Medical CenterDistance: 0 miles
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No. Rooms Hotels 0 0 Motels 7 442 Restaurants: 38 Meeting rooms: Yes Auditorium: 2 Seating capacity 300 Churches & synagogues Protestant 21 Catholic 1 Jewish 2
Country clubs? No Golf courses? Yes Movie theatres? Yes Tennis courts? Yes Ball fields? Yes Swimming pools? Yes Health clubs? Yes Parks? Yes Skating rinks? No Amateur theatres? Yes Other facilities: Art Museum Bowling Outlet Mall Nearest State Park: Gulf State Park Distance: 9 miles Nearest Public Lake: Lake Shelby Distance: 9 miles
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Manufacturers' Real Property Tax year 2000 Rate/$1,000 Assess. ratio Effective rate In city Out city City: $5.00 20% $ 1.00 County: $ 23.00 20% $ 4.60 $ 4.60 State: $ 6.50 20% $ 1.30 $ 1.30 Total: $ 34.50 $ 6.90 $ 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: 1.0% 1.0% 0.25% 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: 125 Total manufacturing employment: 5780 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 Riviera Center Outlet Mall General Retail 1800 South Baldwin Regional Medical Center Health Care 450 Wal-Mart Super Center General Retail 425 Solutia Nylon Processing 350 Gulf Telephone Local Telephone Service 338 BF Goodrich Aerospace Aircraft Parts 339 Peavy Electronics Sound Equipment 295 Packard Hughes Interconnect Electrical Wire Harness 265 Vulcan, Inc. Sign Blanks & Stamping 262 Riviera Utilities Electricity,Gas & Water 175
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Labor Force Total: 71317 Labor Force Participation Male: 52.3% Female: 47.7% Minority: 15.6% Employment: 69074 Unemployment: 2243 Unemployment rate: 3.1%
Donna Watts
South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Box 1117
Foley, AL 36536
Phone: (251) 943-3291
Fax: (251) 943-6810
Email: