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Spotsylvania County

Community Profile

Spotsylvania County is situated in central Virginia midway between the state capital at Richmond and the nation's capital at Washington, D. C. both of which are approximately 50 miles distant via Interstate 95. Bordered on the north by the Rappahannock River, Spotsylvania County lies adjacent to the historic city of Fredericksburg.

The community has long served as a center for industry and commerce owing to its strategic position as a crossroads for highway, rail, and water-based transportation.

Spotsylvania County is part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

Labor Market Data

Population

Gender Distribution
Spotsylvania County	49.3% male	50.7% female

Ethnic Distribution
Spotsylvania County	82.9% white	17.1% nonwhite

Median Age
Spotsylvania County	34 years

Civilian Labor Force (2005)

Spotsylvania County	61,246
Surrounding Labor Area	475,743
Total	536,989

Labor Force Participation (2000 Census)

Spotsylvania County	72.2%
Surrounding Labor Area	71.9%

Unemployment

Unemployment Rate (October 2006)
Spotsylvania County	1.88%
Surrounding Labor Area	2.15%
Statewide	2.71%

Unemployed 2005
Spotsylvania County	1,428
Surrounding Labor Area	13,038
Total	14,466

Commuting Patterns (2000 Census)

Live and work in Spotsylvania County	16,449	29.6%
Total In-Commuters	10,076	18.2%
Total Out-Commuters	28,960	52.2%
Net Out-Commuters	18,884

In-Commuters From:
Stafford Co. VA	2,813	38.2%
Fredericksburg City VA	1,938	26.3%
Caroline Co. VA	1,238	16.8%
Orange Co. VA	798	10.8%
King George Co. VA	568	7.7%

Out-Commuters To:
Fredericksburg City VA	7,053	33.7%
Stafford Co. VA	5,481	26.2%
Fairfax Co. VA	3,160	15.1%
Prince William Co. VA	3,102	14.8%
District of Columbia DC	2,122	10.1%

Additional Labor Resources

High school graduates not continuing	2004-2005	175
Two-year college graduates	Spring 2005	1,180
Two-year college enrollees	Fall 2005	5,869
Other college and university graduates	Spring 2005	1,124
	Total	8,348

Educational Attainment

Percentage of Spotsylvania County 2001-2002 ninth graders graduating in 2004-2005	96.8%
Percentage of Spotsylvania County population age 25+ who are high school graduates	83.8%
Percentage of Spotsylvania County population age 25+ who have earned a Bachelor's Degree or higher	22.8%

Employment by Sector* (Second Quarter 2006)

Employment by Occupation* (Second Quarter 2006)

Major Employers (Manufacturing)

Company	Product/Service	Est. Employment
General Motors Powertrain Division	Auto transmission components	300 - 599
General Products Company, Inc.	Steel door systems	300 - 599
Motion Control Industries, Inc.	Heavy duty brake linings	100 - 299
Printpack, Inc.	Flexible packaging	100 - 299

Major Employers (Nonmanufacturing)

Company	Product/Service	Est. Employment
CVS Virginia Distribution Inc.	Drug store distribution center	300 - 599
Diversified Mailing Services Inc.	Direct mail advertising	100 - 299
United Parcel Service	Courier	100 - 299

Closings, Reductions & Layoffs

Date	Type	Company	Product/Service	Employees Affected
10/1/2004	Closing	Sheridan Books, Inc.	Manufacture books	125

Union Activity (01/2004 - 5/2006)

No Union Activity

Estimated Earnings (May 2005)

Occupation	Med. Wage	Mean Wage	Med. Salary	Mean Salary
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	$11.06	$11.68	$23,000.00	$24,300.00
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	$14.09	$14.18	$29,300.00	$29,500.00
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	$17.69	$17.64	$36,800.00	$36,700.00
Construction laborers	$12.45	$12.98	$25,900.00	$27,000.00
Carpenters	$16.01	$16.83	$33,300.00	$35,000.00
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades & extraction wrkrs	$21.39	$24.04	$44,500.00	$50,000.00
Office clerks, general	$11.63	$12.02	$24,200.00	$25,000.00
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	$15.87	$15.91	$33,000.00	$33,100.00
Stock clerks and order fillers	$10.77	$11.39	$22,400.00	$23,700.00
Receptionists and information clerks	$10.29	$10.67	$21,400.00	$22,200.00
Customer service representatives	$13.56	$14.47	$28,200.00	$30,100.00
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	$14.86	$15.29	$30,900.00	$31,800.00
First-line supervisors/managers of office & admin support workers	$20.43	$22.64	$42,500.00	$47,100.00
Sales reps, wholesale & manufacturing, ex technical & scientific products	$18.17	$24.23	$37,800.00	$50,400.00
Teacher assistants	$8.46	$9.04	$17,600.00	$18,800.00
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	$32.64	$31.88	$67,900.00	$66,300.00
Business operations specialists, all other	$30.10	$30.05	$62,600.00	$62,500.00
General and operations managers	$46.63	$55.29	$97,000.00	$115,000.00

Per Capita Personal Income (2004)

$31,950

Median Family Income (2005)

$89,300

Education

Public School Enrollment

Level	Number	Fall 05 Enrollment
Elementary	16	10,947
Middle School	7	5,673
High School	5	7,239
Alternative	1	89

Student Teacher Ratio (2004-05)

Elementary	13.7:1
Secondary	11.7:1

Percentage of 2001-2002 ninth grade membership graduating 2004-2005	96.8%
Percentage of high school graduates continuing education 2004-2005 (including military)	66.3%

Per Pupil Expenditure (FY 2005)

$8,029.34

Workforce Development Facilities

Facility	Type
Job Assistance Center	Comprehensive Center
Virginia Employment Commission Field Office: EasternShore	Comprehensive Center
Virginia Employment Commission Field Office: Fredericksburg	Comprehensive Center
Virginia Employment Commission Field Office: Warsaw - Northern Neck One Stop	Comprehensive Center
Spotsylvania Career & Technical Center	Career and Technical Center

Higher Education Facilities

Facility	Fall 05 Enrollment
Strayer University - Fredericksburg Campus	27,035‡
University of Mary Washington - Fredericksburg Campus	3,876
Germanna Community College - Fredericksburg Campus	3,867
Germanna Community College - Locust Grove Campus	2,002
University of Mary Washington - College of Graduate & Professional Studies	858

Transportation

Interstates

Name	Distance
I-95	0.0 miles (0.0 km.)
I-64	14.8 miles (23.8 km.)
I-295	22.2 miles (35.7 km.)
I-66	29.1 miles (46.9 km.)
I-195	29.3 miles (47.2 km.)
I-495	36.9 miles (59.4 km.)
I-395	37.4 miles (60.1 km.)
I-695	47.4 miles (76.4 km.)

Note: Measured from border of locality/region.

Highways

Highway 1	Highway 17	Highway 2
Highway 208	Highway 3	Highway 522

Note: 4-Lane US Highways located within locality/region.

Commercial Air Service

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Staunton, VA	27.2 miles (43.7 km.)

Comair/ Delta Connection	Northwest Airlines	United Express
US Airways Express

Richmond International Airport, Richmond, VA	37.9 miles (61.0 km.)

AirTran Airways	American Airlines	American Eagle
Comair/ Delta Connection	Continental Airlines	Delta Air Lines
Northwest Airlines	United Airlines	US Airways
JetBlue Airways

Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington, D.C.	40.4 miles (65.0 km.)

Aeroflot Airlines	Air Canada	Air France
AirTran Airways	All Nippon Airways	America West Airlines
American Airlines	American Eagle	Austrian Airlines
British Airways	BWIA International Airways	Continental Airlines
Continental Express	Delta Air Lines	Delta Connection
Ethiopian Airlines	Grupo Taca International Airlines	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Korean Air Lines	Lufthansa German Airlines	Northwest Airlines
Saudi Arabian Airlines	United Airlines	United Express
US Airways	US Airways Express	Virgin Atlantic Airways
Alaska Airlines	Alitalia	American Connection
BMI/British Midland Airways	JetBlue Airways	LAB/Lloyd Aero Boliviano
South African Airlines	SAS/Scandinavian Airlines	TED

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.	44.9 miles (72.3 km.)

Air Canada	AirTran Airways	America West Airlines
American Airlines	American Eagle	Continental Airlines
Continental Express	Delta Air Lines	Delta Connection
Delta Shuttle	Frontier Airlines	Northwest Airlines
Spirit Airlines	United Airlines	US Airways
US Airways Express	US Airways Shuttle	Midwest Airlines
Alaska Airlines	ATA Airlines

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Staunton, VA	52.2 miles (84.1 km.)

US Airways Express

Note: Within 75 miles of nearest locality/region boundary.

General Aviation Service

Name	Runway Length
Shannon Airport, Fredericksburg, VA	2,910 ft (887 m)

Freight Rail Service

CSX Transportation

Ports

Name	Distance
Port of Richmond	52.0 miles (83.7 km)
Norfolk International Terminals	117.0 miles (188.3 km)

Note: Measured from center of locality/region

Utilities

Electric
Dominion Virginia Power	Rappahannock Electric Cooperative

Natural Gas
Columbia Gas of Virginia

Telecommunications
Verizon South	Verizon-Virginia

Water
Spotsylvania County

Waste Water Treatment
Spotsylvania County

Solid Waste Disposal
Spotsylvania County

Financial Institutions

Bank	1st Qtr 2006 Assets (in millions)
Wachovia Bank, N.A.	$496,566.0
SunTrust Bank	$178,281.6
Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B.	$14,296.9
Union Bank & Trust Co.	$1,380.7
Patriot Bank, N.A.	$252.9
The National Bank of Fredericksburg	$162.0

Government

Spotsylvania County has a County Administrator and a seven-member Board of Supervisors.

The county has a comprehensive plan and zoning and subdivision ordinances.

Spotsylvania is the county seat. There are no incorporated towns within the county.

Taxes

Localities in Virginia collect a 1% sales tax. They do not tax other items taxed at the State level.

Counties and cities in Virginia are separate taxing entities. Therefore, a company pays taxes to either a county or to a city.

If a company is located in a town, it pays town and county taxes except for utility taxes which are paid only to the town and the license tax which is paid only to the town unless town law permits the additional collection of a county tax.

Manufacturers pay real estate, machinery and tools, truck and automobile, utility, and sales taxes.

Nonmanufacturers pay real estate, tangible personal property, truck and automobile, utility, and sales taxes. They also may pay either a merchants' capital or a license tax.

Manufacturer's Tax Profile (Spotsylvania) 51177 MFG.PDF
Non-Manufacturer's Tax Profile (Spotsylvania) 51177 NMFG.PDF

Climate

Average Temperatures
January	35ºF (2ºC)
July	77ºF (25ºC)

Average Annual Precipitation
Rainfall	40.09" (101.83 cm)
Snowfall	15.90" (40.39 cm)

Community Facilities

Medical care is provided at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. This 310-bed, $84 million facility includes private rooms for all patients; separate critical-care units for medical, surgical, and cardiac patients; ten operating rooms; a helipad near the emergency department; and a 200-seat auditorium. The hospital is the center of the 70-acre Mary Washington Hospital Medical Campus, which also includes Snowden at Fredericksburg, a 60-bed mental health facility, and Snowden House, which houses the Mary Washington Hospital Foundation. The Tompkins-Martin Medical Plaza is a professional office building attached to the hospital.

Over 130 physicians, representing more than 20 medical and surgical specialties, serve the area.

Five nursing homes offer extended care to the elderly in the community.

Sixty-five churches representing various Protestant denominations are located within Spotsylvania County. Fredericksburg has a Jewish synagogue, as well as Catholic and additional Protestant churches.

Spotsylvania houses a branch of the Rappahannock Regional Library at the Courthouse, with the main facility located in Fredericksburg. The library system maintains an 143,000 volume collection and conducts a variety of adult and child programs.

A wide range of shopping choices are available to residents. Spotsylvania Mall, located on Route 3, houses over 100 stores and is the major regional retail center for the Fredericksburg area. Seven other shopping centers and numerous neighborhood convenience centers serve the growing retail trade in the county. The historic center of Fredericksburg also offers a wide assortment of specialty, craft and antique shops, and entertainment in an attractive, restored, 18th-century setting.

Lifestyle

Spotsylvania County residents can enjoy an array of cultural amenities including dramatic performances by the Fredericksburg Theater Company held in association with Mary Washington College. A College/Community Orchestra presents regular programs that draw enthusiastic audiences. The proximity to Washington, D.C. and Richmond allows unlimited entertainment possibilities in the arts, music, drama, and sporting events.

The Spotsylvania Parks and Recreation Department maintains five major parks offering facilities for organized athletics and programs, tennis courts, an Olympic-size swimming pool, picnic area, and a fishing lake. Five community centers are also distributed around the county and are used for a variety of educational, recreational, and social purposes. The Fredericksburg Country Club is located in the county and has excellent golfing, swimming, and dining facilities. The nearby Sheraton Inn also has a championship golf course that is open to the public.

The Fredericksburg region offers the “best of both worlds” when it comes to public and private golf facilities. There are 15 excellent local courses within an easy 45-minute drive. The courses located in Spotsylvania County are: Fawn Lake Country Club, Fredericksburg Country Club, and Lee’s Hill Golfers Club of Virginia (Championship Gold Course).

The county is home to Lake Anna State Park located on one of Virginia's largest lakes. Lake Anna, consisting of over 13,000 acres, offers outstanding fishing, boating, hiking, and picnicking. Boaters and fishermen will also enjoy the recreational opportunities of the Rappahannock River while white-water raft and portions of the river near the fall line at Fredericksburg will challenge canoe enthusiasts. Hunting is good throughout the region, with deer, turkey, and other small game plentiful.

A major amusement park, Paramount's Kings Dominion, is located just 30 minutes south of Spotsylvania providing exciting entertainment for the entire family.

The 200-year history of the Fredericksburg area affords a wealth of Colonial and Civil War attractions for residents and tourists alike. Spotsylvania is home to four significant Civil War battlefield parks, and Fredericksburg is the site of the Battlefield Museum operated by the National Park Service. Fredericksburg's 40-block downtown historic district and surrounding residential neighborhoods serve as the focal point for seasonal festivals and events including the Christmas Candlelight Tour of historic homes, the Spring Garden Tour, and the annual Heritage Festival held in the summer. The Spotsylvania County Museum displays artifacts spanning the Colonial, Revolutionary, Civil War, and modern history of the area.

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