Community Opelika County Lee State Alabama MSA Auburn-Opelika Incorporated Yes Foreign Trade Zone No Enterprise Zone No
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Area of State: EastCentral Latitude: 32:30:00 Longitude: 85:30:00
Distance From: Atlanta: 100 Birmingham: 110 Huntsville: 206 Mobile: 240 Memphis: 380 Nashville: 319 Montgomery: 65 Tampa: 439 New Orleans: 415 Jacksonville 326
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Year: 2001 Current Year 2000 Census 1990 Census City: 23712 23498 22122 County: 117198 115092 87146 MSA: Auburn-Opelika 103538 Estimated
present population
(30 mi. radius):385678 Households in county: 44062 Income: Per Capita: $ 16799 Average Household: $ 46823 Median Household: $ 33942
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Mean Temperature (Fahr.): Annual January July 62 _ 43_ 79_ Avg. Annual Precipitation: 58 inches Altitude: 828 ft. above MSL Prevailing winds: 6 MPH
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School system: Opelika City Schools For school year: 2000-2001 No. Teachers Students Elementary: 6 155 2177 Middle/Junior: 1 71 1108 High school: 1 88 1240 Vocational Tech: Private/parochial: 3 50 675 Total HS Graduates/yr: 260 Enrollment: 4518 Spending Per Pupil: $5843.64 Nearest Post-secondary education: Vocational tech: Location: Miles From City: Custom curriculum: Two-year college: Southern Union St Comm. College Location: Opelika, AL Miles From City: 0 University: Auburn University Location: Auburn, AL Miles From City: 5
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City County Type of Government: Mayor/City Council County Commission Land Use Regulations Zoning Ordinances:
Yes Subdivision regulations
with design standards:Yes Planning commissions:
Yes Garbage Collection: Yes Public Library: Yes No of volumes:
50000 Fire Protection Full time personnel:
69 Volunteers:
150 Fire Insurance Rating:
2 Fire Protection for
industry outside city limits:Yes Police/Sheriff Full time personnel:
82 28 Patrol Cars:
25 Police Patrol for
industry outside city limits:Yes Emergency Medical Service Paramedics:
Yes 911 or E911:
Yes
Highways Serving Community Interstate Federal State Highway Miles to Highway Miles to Highway Miles to 85 0 280 0 169 0 75 120 29 0 51 0 65 55 431 0
Railroad Service: Norfolk Southern CSX Transportation Piggyback Service: Intermodal Facilities: No
Waterways Chattahoochee River Miles to River: Navigable: Yes Channel Depth: 9 feet Nearest Port Facility: 30 miles
Air service Municipal Service: Auburn-Opelika Longest runway: 4000 feet Surface: Asphalt Lighted: Yes Aircraft Tiedown: Yes ILS: Yes Hangars: Yes Repair facilities: Yes Nearest commercial service: Columbus, GA Distance: 30 mi. Major carriers Atlantic Southwest Northwest US Airways Express No. of daily commercial flights: 12
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Motor Freight Service Area Total carriers: 30 48 states: 5 Southeast only: 14 Alabama only: 5 Carriers with
local terminals:10 Less than truckload? Yes Bus service: Greyhound & Trailways Parcel Service: UPS, Federal Express, Airborne
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Suppliers Distributors Electricity Alabama Municipal Electric Authority Opelika Light & Power Natural Gas Alabama Gas Corp. Alabama Gas Corp. Water City of Opelika Capacity: 13 MGD Avg. Daily Consumption: 4.5 MGD Peak Consumption: 6.1 MGD Storage Capacity: 8.03 MGD Source: Lake, River Type: River Planned facilities: Filter plants are easily expandable Sanitation City of Opelika Sewage treatment plant type: Capacity: 4.1 MGD Present load: 68% Sanitary sewer coverage: 75% Sewer use charge? Yes Storm sewer coverage: 75% Solid waste disposal: Planned facilities: Fuel oil: Locally Coal: Locally LP Gas: Locally
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Local telephone provider: Bell South Switching: Analog Fiber optics: Yes Long distance provider: AT&T, MCI, Sprint Mobile Service: Yes Post office classification: First Newspapers Daily 1 Weekly Opelika-Auburn News Radio Stations: AM 2 FM 2 Television stations: Local: 8 Cable service: Yes Channels: 34
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No. Beds Hospitals: 1 352 Clinics: Physicians: 132 Dentists: 18 Nearest regional
medical facility:East Alabama Medical Center Distance: 0 miles
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No. Rooms Hotels Motels 10 650 Restaurants: 30 Meeting rooms: Yes Auditorium: Yes Seating capacity/largest 1200 Churches & synagogues Protestant 65 Catholic 2 Jewish 2
Country clubs? Yes Golf courses? Yes Movie theatres? Yes Tennis courts? Yes Ball fields? Yes Swimming pools? Yes Health clubs? Yes Parks? Yes Skating rinks? Yes Amateur theatres? Yes Other facilities: 8-Playgrounds Nearest State Park: Chewacla State Park Distance: 10 miles Nearest Public Lake: Lake Harding/Lee Co Distance: 10 miles
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Manufacturers' Real Property Tax year 1999 Rate/$1,000 Assess. ratio Effective rate In city Out city City: $29.00 20% $ 5.80 Local Hospital: $2.50 20% $ 0.50 Local Dependent Children: $1.50 20% $ 0.30 County: $14.50 20% $ 2.90 $ 2.90 State: $ 6.50 20% $ 1.30 $ 1.30 Total: $ 54.00 $ 10.80 $ 7.60 Above figures include 23.00 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits Tax General Rate Sales(Out of City) Use (Out of City) Machinery (Out of City) City: 2.5% 2.5% 1.375% County: 1.0% (3%) 1.0% (3%) 0.25% (1%) State: 4.0% 4.0% 1.5% County tax may vary within city limits Income/occupational tax City occupational: 1.5% 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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Number of manufacturers: 122 Total manufacturing employment: 6,902 Largest Employers in County Firm Product/Service Employment Auburn University School 5100 East Alabama Medical Center Hospital 1750 Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company Tires 1410 State of Alabama Government-State 1176 Lee County School System Government-Education 1038 West Point Stevens Textiles 880 Wal-Mart Distribution Center Discount Retailer 700 Opelika City Schools Government-Education 600 Winn Dixie (4 area stores Grocery 591 Wal-Mart Supercenter (Auburn) Discount Retailer 580 Auburn City School System Government-Education 553 Quantegy Corporation 500 Briggs and Stratton Gasoline Engines 480
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Labor Force Total: 50030 Labor Force Participation Male: 53.7% Female: 46.3% Minority: 23.5% Employment: 48370 Unemployment: 1660 Unemployment rate: 3.3%
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Director, Economic Development
City of Opelika
P. O. Box 390
Opelika, AL 36803-2366
Phone: (334) 705-5115
Fax: (334) 705-5113
Email: cnewell@ci.opelika.al.us