Community Profile: Tuskegee, Alabama

General Information

Community	Tuskegee
County	Macon
State	Alabama
MSA
Incorporated	Yes
Foreign Trade Zone	No
Enterprise Zone	Yes

Location

Area of State:	Southeast
Latitude:	32:25:26	Longitude:	85:41:31

Distance From:

Atlanta:	126	Birmingham:	131
Huntsville:	232	Mobile:	210
Memphis:	384	Nashville:	324
Montgomery:	39	Tampa:	455
New Orleans:	352	Jacksonville	337

Population and Income

Year: 2001	Current Population	2000 Census	1990 Census
City:	11534	11846	12257
County:	24049	24105	24928
MSA:
Estimated present population (30 mi. radius):	208060
Households in county:	8654
Income:
	Per Capita:	$11657
	Average Household:	$31669
	Median Household:	$22588

Climate

Mean Temperature (Fahr.):	Annual	January	July
	61°	40°	78°
Avg. Annual Precipitation:	inches
Altitude:	475 ft. above MSL
Prevailing winds:	Northwest

Education

School system:	Macon County Schools Schools
For school year:	2000-2001
No.	No.	Teacher/Student
Elementary:	5	/
Middle/Junior:	1	/
High school:	1	/
Vocational Tech:	0	/
Private/parochial:	0	/
Total HS Graduates/yr:
Enrollment:	3885
Spending Per Pupil:	$5388.48
Nearest Post-secondary education:		Enrollment
Vocational tech:	Opelika State Tech. College
Location:	Opelika, AL
Miles From City:	12
Custom curriculum:	Yes
Two-year college:	Southern Community College
Location:	Tuskegee, AL
Miles From City:	0
University:	Tuskegee University
Location:	Tuskegee, AL
Miles From City:	0

Government

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Transportation

Highways Serving Community
Interstate		Federal		State
Highway	Miles to	Highway	Miles to	Highway	Miles to
85	4	29	0	81	0
		80	0

Railroad Service
Piggyback Service:	No
Intermodal Facilities:	No

Waterways
Alabama River	Miles to River:
Navigable:	Yes	Channel Depth:	9 feet
Nearest Port Facility:			30 miles

Air service
Municipal Service:	Tuskegee Municipal Airport
Longest runway:	5000 feet
Surface:	Asphalt	Lighted:	Yes
Aircraft Tiedown:	Yes	ILS:	Yes
Hangars:	Yes	Repair facilities:	No
Nearest commercial service:	Montgomery, AL	Distance:	30 mi.
Major carriers
Atlantic Southeast	Northwest Airlink
US Airways Express
No. of daily commercial flights:	20

Motor Freight
Service Area	Total carriers
48 states:	8
Southeast only:	8
Alabama only:	4
Carriers with local terminals:	0
Less than truckload?	No
Bus service:	Greyhound & Trailways
Parcel Service:	UPS, Federal Express

Utilities

Suppliers	Distributors
Electricity
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority	Tuskegee Utilities Board
Alabama Power Company	Alabama Power Company
Alabama Electric Cooperative (AEC)	Dixie Electric Cooperative
Natural Gas
Southern Natural Gas	Alabama Gas Corp
Water
City of Tuskegee
Capacity:	4.0 MGD
Avg. Daily Consumption:	2.965 MGD
Peak Consumption:	3.5 MGD
Storage Capacity:	1.2 MGD
Source:	Tallapoosa River
Type:	River
Planned facilities:
Sanitation
City of Tuskegee
Sewage treatment plant type:	Aeration
Capacity:	2,750,000
Present load:	58%
Sanitary sewer coverage:	97%
Sewer use charge?
Storm sewer coverage:	97%
Solid waste disposal:	Sanitary Landfill
Planned facilities:
Fuel oil:	Montgomery
Coal:	Montgomery
LP Gas:	Locally

Communications

Local telephone provider:	BellSouth
Switching:		Fiber optics?		DSL?
Redundancy?		POP?		Mobile Service?
Long distance provider:	AT&T, MCI, Sprint
Post office classification:	Second
Newspapers	Daily		Weekly	1
The Tuskegee News
Radio Stations:	AM	1	FM	1
Television stations:	Local:
Cable service:	Yes	Channels:	21

Medical Facilities

	No.	Beds
Hospitals:	0
Clinics:	3
Physicians:	18
Dentists:	6
Nearest regional medical facility:	East Alabama Medical Center
	Distance:	21 miles

Community Facilities

	No.	Rooms
Hotels
Motels	3	140
Restaurants:	4	Meeting rooms:	Yes
Auditorium:	Yes	Seating capacity/largest
Churches & synagogues
	Protestant	129
	Catholic	1
	Jewish	0

Recreational Facilities

Country clubs?	No	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:
Nearest State Park:	Chewacla	Distance:	10 miles
Nearest Public Lake:	Lake Tuskegee	Distance:	1 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:	$10.00	20%	$ 2.00
County:	$ 37.50	20%	$ 7.50	$ 7.50
State:	$ 6.50	20%	$ 1.30	$ 1.30
Total:	$ 51.00		$ 10.80	$ 8.80
Above figures include 25.00 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount
Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits
Tax General Rate	Sales	Use	Machinery
City:	3.0%	3.0%	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:	%
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:		14
Total manufacturing employment:		114
Largest Employers in County
Firm	Product/Service	Employment
Sharpe No. 1	Misc. Nonmetallic Materials
Veterans Administration	Medical Care	1300
Tuskegee University	Education	1000
Johnson Printing Shop	Printing	31
Sharpe Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.	Mfg. Ready Mix Concrete	31
Aviation Systems Manufacturing	Mfg. Cradles	21
Apparel Creations	Mfg.	20
Dixie Concrete Pipe Co., Inc.	Concrete Pipe	11
McRae Printing Service	Commercial Offset Printing	6
Coleman Cabinet Shop	Cabinets	1

County Labor Analysis (2000)

Labor Force Total:				7940
	Male:	46.9%
	Female:	53.1%	Minority:	84.5%
Employment:	7450
Unemployment:	490
Unemployment rate:	6.1%

Local Contact

Lucenia Williams-Dunn, Mayor
City of Tuskegee
P.O. Box 830687
Tuskegee, AL 36083-0687
Phone: (334) 727-2180
Fax: (334) 727-4820
Email: N/A