Community Profile: Luverne, Alabama

Community Profile Subjects

General Information

Location

Population &Income

Climate

Education

Government

Transportation

Utilities

Communications

Medical Facilities

Community Facilities

Recreational Facilities

Local Taxes

Area Industry

Largest Employers

County Labor Analysis

Luverne Area Map

Local Contact

Crenshaw County Web

  

 

 General Information

Community Luverne
County Crenshaw
State Alabama
MSA N/A
Incorporated Yes
Foreign Trade Zone No
Enterprise Zone No

 

Location

 

Area of State: SouthCentral
Latitude: 31:44:15 Longitude: 86:15:45

Distance From:
Atlanta: 225 Birmingham: 144
Huntsville: 224 Mobile: 169
Memphis: 290 Nashville: 314
Montgomery: 45 Tampa:  
New Orleans:   Jacksonville  
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Population and Income

 

Year: 2001 Current Population 2000 Census 1990 Census
City: 2556 2635 2555
County: 13667 13665 13635
MSA:      
Estimated
present population
(30 mi. radius)
:
100213    
Households in county: 5462    
Income:      
  Per Capita: $ 15656  
  Average Household: $ 38800  
  Median Household: $ 26305  
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Climate

 

Mean Temperature (Fahr.): Annual January July
  66° 46° 83°
Avg. Annual Precipitation: 52 inches    
Altitude: 366 ft. above MSL    
Prevailing winds: 6 MPH, N    
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Education

 

School system: Crenshaw County Schools
For school year: 2000-2001
  No. Teacher/Student
Elementary: 1             1/17
Middle/Junior: 0  
High school: 1  
Vocational Tech: 1              1/13
Private/parochial:    
Total HS Graduates/yr: 76
Enrollment: 2387
Spending Per Pupil: $5406.84
Nearest Post-secondary education:
Vocational tech: McArthur State Technical College
Location: Opp, Alabama
Miles From City:  
Custom curriculum: Yes
Two-year college: Lurleen B. Wallace State Jr. College
Location: Andalusia, Alabama
Miles From City:  
University: Troy State University
Location: Troy, Alabama
Miles From City:  
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Government

 

  City County
Type of Government: Mayor/ City Council County Commission
Land Use Regulations
Zoning Ordinances: Yes  
Subdivision regulations
with design standards:
   

Planning commissions:

   
Garbage Collection: Yes  
Public Library: Yes Yes

No of volumes:

28000 N/A
Fire Protection

Full time personnel:

1  

Volunteers:

24  

Fire Insurance Rating:

5  

Fire Protection
for industry outside city limits:

Yes  
Police/Sheriff

Full time personnel:

15  

Patrol Cars:

7  

Police Patrol for
industry outside city limits:

Yes  
Emergency Medical Service

Paramedics:

Yes  

911 or E911:

Yes  
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Transportation

 

Highways Serving Community
Interstate Federal State
Highway Miles to Highway Miles to Highway Miles to
65 27 29 0 10 0
    331 0  
Railroad Service  
   
   
Piggyback Service:  
Intermodal Facilities:  
Waterways
Conecuh River Miles to River:  
Navigable:  No Channel Depth: 9 feet
Nearest Port Facility: Montgomery St. Docks: 50 miles
Air service
Municipal Service: Luverne Municipal Airport
Longest runway: 4600 feet
Surface: Asphalt Lighted: Yes
Aircraft Tiedown: Yes ILS: Yes
Hangars: Yes Repair facilities: Yes
Nearest commercial service: Montgomery, Alabama Distance: 45 mi.
Major carriers
Delta Atlantic Southeast
Northwest Airlink USAirways Express
No. of daily commercial flights: 20
Motor Freight
Service Area: Total carriers:
48 states:  
Southeast only:  
Alabama only:  
Carriers with
local terminals:
 
Less than truckload?  
Bus service: Greyhound and Trailways
Parcel Service: UPS, Federal Express, Purolator
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Utilities

Suppliers Distributors
Electricity
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority Electric Board of Luverne
Natural Gas
SE Alabama Gas District SE Alabama Gas District
Water
City of Luverne  
Capacity: 1.4 MGD
Avg. Daily Consumption: 0.5 MGD
Peak Consumption: 0.6 MGD
Storage Capacity: 0.62 MGD
Source: Deep Wells
Type: NA
Planned facilities:  
Sanitation
City of Luverne  
Sewage treatment
plant type:
Lagoon
Capacity: 0.45 MGD
Present load:  
Sanitary sewer coverage: 95%
Sewer use charge?  
Storm sewer coverage: 65%
Solid waste disposal: Sanitary Landfill
Planned facilities:  
Fuel oil: Locally
Coal: Brilliant & Jasper
LP Gas: Locally
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Communications

 

Local telephone provider: GTE
Switching:   Fiber optics? Yes DSL? Yes Mobile Service? Yes
Long distance provider: GTE AT&T BellSouth MCI
Post office classification: First
Newspapers Daily 0 Weekly 0 The Luverne Journal The Montgomery Advertiser The Birmingham News
Radio Stations: AM 0 FM 0
Television stations: Local: 0
Cable service: 1 Provider Channels:  
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Medical Facilities

  No. Beds
Hospitals: 1 65
Clinics: 5  
Physicians: 5
Dentists: 2
Nearest regional
medical facility:
Troy, Alabama
  Distance: 24 miles
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Community Facilities

  No. Rooms
Hotels    
Motels 2 40
Restaurants: 6 Meeting rooms: Yes
Auditorium: Yes Seating capacity/largest  
Churches & synagogues    
  Protestant 11
  Catholic 1
  Jewish 0
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Recreational Facilities

 

Country clubs? Yes Golf courses? Yes
Movie theatres? No Tennis courts? Yes
Ball fields? Yes Swimming pools? Yes
Health clubs? No Parks? Yes
Skating rinks? No Amateur theatres? Yes
Other facilities:
  Multi-purpose Center  
  Farm Center  
     
Nearest State Park: Frank Jackson  Distance: 30 miles
Nearest Public Lake: Crenshaw County Lake Distance: 2 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: $ 5.00 20% $ 1.00  
County: $ 29.50 20% $ 5.90 $ 5.90
State: $ 6.50 20% $ 1.30 $ 1.30
Total: $ 41.00   $ 8.20 $ 7.20
Above figures include 11.00 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount
Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits
Tax General Rate Sales Use Machinery
City: 1.0% 1.0% 0.25%
County: 3.0% 3.0% 2.0%
State: 4.0% 4.0% 1.5%
County tax may vary within city limits
Income/occupational tax
City occupational: %      
County occupational: 0.0%      
State corporate: 5.0%      
State individual*: 2.0% Minimum
  5.0% Maximum
*Deduction allowed for Federal Income Tax
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Area Industry & Employers

 

Number of manufacturers: 41
Total manufacturing employment: 496
Largest employers
Firm Product/Service Employment
Bailey Wood Products, Inc. Sawmill 10-20
Baptist Crenshaw Hospital Health Care 50
Browder Veneer, Inc. Veneer Manufacturer 100
Dozier Lumber Mfg. Co. Sawmill 41-50
Godwin Materials Trucking Firm 100
Harris & Sons, Inc. Logging Contractor 6-10
Hick' s, Inc. Wholesale Sporting Goods Distr. 100-150
Kennedy Logging Co. Logging 15-20
National Corporation Men's Pants 151-200
Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls 251-300
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County Labor Analysis (2000)

Labor Force Total: 5370
Labor Force Participation Male: 52.6%
  Female: 47.4% Minority: 23.5%
Employment: 4960
Unemployment: 410
Unemployment rate: 7.7%
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Local Contact

Jim Brook
Executive Director
P.O. Box 4
Luverne, AL 36049
Phone: (334)335-4468
Fax: (334)335-4469
Email: dmi@troycable.net
 
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