Community Profile: LaFayette, Alabama

 General Information

Community	LaFayette
County	Chambers
State	Alabama
MSA
Incorporated	Yes
Foreign Trade Zone	No
Enterprise Zone	No

 Location

Area of State:	EastCentral
Latitude:	32:53:59	Longitude:	85:34:04

Distance From:

Atlanta:	102	Birmingham:	131
Huntsville:	180	Mobile:	283
Memphis:	381	Nashville:	300
Montgomery:	111	Tampa:	490
New Orleans:	425	Jacksonville	372

Population and Income

Year: 2001	Current Population	2000 Census	1990 Census
City:	3241	3234	3151
County:	36567	36583	36876
MSA:
Estimated present population (30 mi. radius):	234510
Households in county:	14191
Income:
	Per Capita:	$ 14841
	Average Household:	$ 38044
	Median Household:	$ 28554

Climate

Mean Temperature (Fahr.):	Annual	January	July
	51 _	41_	79_
Avg. Annual Precipitation:	52 inches
Altitude:	850 ft. above MSL
Prevailing winds:	5-7 MPH, ENE

Education

School system:	Chambers County Schools
For school year:	2000-2001
	No.	Teachers	Students
Elementary:	6	37	523
Middle/Junior:	2	17	237
High school:	2	29	372
Vocational Tech:	1	12	325
Private/parochial:	1
Total HS Graduates/yr:
Enrollment:	4306
Spending Per Pupil:	$5444.94
Nearest Post-secondary education:
Vocational tech:	Chambers Co. Career Technical College
Location:	LaFayette, AL
Miles From City:
Custom curriculum:	Yes
Two-year college:	Southern Union St. Comm. College
Location:	Opelika, AL
Miles From City:
University:	Auburn University
Location:	Auburn, AL
Miles From City:

Government

	City	County
Type of Government:	Mayor/City Council	County Commission
Land Use Regulations
Zoning Ordinances:	Yes	No
Subdivision regulations with design standards:	Yes	No
Planning commissions:	Yes	No
Garbage Collection:	Yes
Public Library:	Yes
No of volumes:	59014
Fire Protection
Full time personnel:	9
Volunteers:	24
Fire Insurance Rating:	5
Fire Protection for industry outside city limits:	Yes
Police/Sheriff
Full time personnel:	14	52
Patrol Cars:	7
Police Patrol for industry outside city limits:	Yes, if in jurisdiction
Emergency Medical Service
Paramedics:	Yes
911 or E911:	Yes

Transportation

Highways Serving Community
Interstate		Federal		State
Highway	Miles to	Highway	Miles to	Highway	Miles to
85	13	431	0	1	0
		280	17	50	0
				77	0

Railroad Service		Norfolk Southern
Piggyback Service:
Intermodal Facilities:

Waterways
Chattahoochee River	Miles to River:
Navigable:		Channel Depth:	9 feet
Nearest Port Facility:			50 miles

Air service
Municipal Service:	Lanett Municipal Airport
Longest runway:	3150 feet
Surface:	Asphalt	Lighted:	Yes
Aircraft Tiedown:	Yes	ILS:	Yes
Hangars:	Yes	Repair facilities:	Yes
Nearest commercial service:	Columbus, GA	Distance:	50 mi.
Major carriers
Atlantic Southeast		Northwest
US Airways Express
No. of daily commercial flights:	12

Motor Freight
Service Area	Total carriers
48 states:
Southeast only:
Alabama only:
Carriers with local terminals:	McClendon
Less than truckload?
Bus service:	None
Parcel Service:	UPS, FedEx

Utilities

Suppliers	Distributors
Electricity
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority	City of LaFayette
Natural Gas
Alabama Gas Corporation	Southern Natural Gas
Water
City of LaFayette
Capacity:	1.2  MGD
Avg. Daily Consumption:	0.53 MGD
Peak Consumption:	0.72 MGD
Storage Capacity:	0.78 MGD
Source:	City Lake
Type:	N/A
Planned facilities:
Sanitation
City of LaFayette
Sewage treatment plant type:	Secondary Activated Sludge
Capacity:	1 MGD
Present load:	40%
Sanitary sewer coverage:	80%
Sewer use charge?	Yes
Storm sewer coverage:	80%
Solid waste disposal:	Chambers County Landfill
Planned facilities:
Fuel oil:	Locally
Coal:	Birmingham
LP Gas:	Locally

Communications

Local telephone provider:	BellSouth
Switching:		Fiber optics:	No
Mobile Service:	Yes
Long distance provider:	All Providers Available
Post office classification:	First
Newspapers	Daily		Weekly	1		LaFayette Sun
Radio Stations:	AM	2	FM	2
Television stations:	Local:
Cable service providers:	1	Channels:	500+

Medical Facilities

	No.	Beds
Hospitals:	1	115
Clinics:	1
Physicians:	4
Dentists:	1
Nearest regional medical facility:	Lanier Memorial Hospital
	Distance:	20 miles

Community Facilities

	No.	Rooms
Hotels
Motels
Restaurants:	5	Meeting rooms:
Auditorium:	No	Seating capacity/largest	N/A
Churches & synagogues
	Protestant	10
	Catholic	1
	Jewish

Recreational Facilities

Country clubs?	Yes	Golf courses?	No
Movie theatres?	No	Tennis courts?	No
Ball fields?	Yes	Swimming pools?	Yes
Health clubs?		Parks?	No
Skating rinks?	No	Amateur theatres?	Yes
Other facilities:
	Chambers Co. Lake
	Rock Fence Hunting
Nearest State Park:	Chewacla	Distance:	25 miles
Nearest Public Lake:	City Lake	Distance:	4 miles

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Local Taxes

Manufacturers' Real Property
Tax year 2000	Rate/$1,000	Assess. ratio	Effective rate
			In city	Out city
City:	$ 6.80	20%	$ 1.36
County:	$ 26.00	20%	$ 5.20	$ 5.20
State:	$ 6.50	20%	$ 1.30	$ 1.30
Total:	$ 39.30		$ 7.86	$ 6.50
Above figures include 13.70 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount
Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits
Tax General Rate	Sales	Use	Machinery
City:	2.0%	2.0%	1.0%
County:	1.0%	1.0%	0.5%
State:	4.0%		1.5%
County tax may vary within city limits
Income/occupational tax
City occupational:	0.0%
County occupational:	0.0%
State corporate:	5.0%
State individual*:	2.0% Minimum
	5.0% Maximum
*Deduction allowed for Federal Income Tax

Area Industry & Employers

Number of manufacturers:		73
Total manufacturing employment:		5,365
Largest Employers in County
Firm	Product/Service	Employment
West Point Stevens Inc	Textiles	3,610
Chambers Co. School System	Education Provider	600
Lanier Health Services	Healthcare Provider	540
Johnston Industries	Textiles	425
Knauf Fiber Glass	Fiber Glass Insulation	360
McClendon Trucking	Trucking/Shipping	300
Mead Packaging	Off-set Printing Packages	180
West Point Foundry	Textile Machinery/Solutions	150
Letica Corporation	Plastics	136
Norbord Alabama Inc	Oriented Strand Board	130
Largest Employers in City
Firm	Product/Service	Employment
East Alabama Lumber Co., Inc.	Sawmill	130
McClendon Trucking Co., Inc.	Trucking	250
Frontier Corporation	Textiles	384
Kardoes Rubber Co.	Tire Recycling	100-200
Meritas Yarns	Textiles	65

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County Labor Analysis (2000)

Labor Force Total:				15940
Labor Force Participation	Male:	51.9%
	Female:	48.1%	Minority:	32.6%
Employment:	15190
Unemployment:	750
Unemployment rate:	4.7%

Local Contact

Valerie Gray
IDA of Chambers County
P. O. Box 269
Lanett, AL 36863
Phone: (334) 642-1412
Fax: (334) 642-6548
Email: vgray@knology.net