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City of Huntsville Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Budget Supplemental Information About the City of Huntsville Community Profile Labor Force Form of Government ................ Council/Manager Civilian labor force ........................................ 15,658 Date of Incorporation ................ January 30, 1845 Employed ................................................... 14,516 Total Square Miles ........................................... 36 Unemployed................................................. 1,142 Public Safety..................................................... 52 Unemployment Rate ....................................... 7.3% Fire and Rescue ............................................... 12 Income and Benefits Population (In 2007 Inflation-adjusted dollars) Total households .......................................... 12,109 County ....................................................... 64,212 Less than $10,000 .......................................... 3,020 City ............................................................ 37,790 $10,000 to $24,999 ......................................... 2,517 Male ........................................................ 22,674 $25,000 to $49,999 ......................................... 3,262 Female .................................................... 15,116 $50,000 to $99,999 ......................................... 2,503 Median Age ................................................... 28.8 $100,000 to $199,999 ........................................ 299 18 years and over ...................................... 32,122 $200,000 or more .............................................. 182 65 years and over ........................................ 3,212 Median household income ($) ...................... 27,054 Mean household income ($) ......................... 38,327 Housing Total housing units ....................................... 13,698 Occupied housing units ............................ 12,109 Vacant housing units .................................. 1,589 Average household size (owner) ...................... 2.39 Average household size (renter) ...................... 1.85 Median value ($) ......................................... 102,500 Sporting and Cultural Amenities Historic Sites and Museums Wynne Home Arts Center Gibbs- Powell House Museum Cultural Diversity Sam Houston Memorial Museum Texas Prison Museum White ............................................................ 56.0% Veterans Museum of Texas Black or African American ............................ 23.7% Sam Houston’s Gravesite Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 17.0% American Indian & Alaska Native .................... 0.4% Sports Sites Asian ................................................................ 1.7% Kate Barr Ross Some Other Race ............................................ 1.2% Thomas Henry Ballpark Taxes Recreation City Property Tax ............................................ .4007 Acres of Open Space .......................................... 13 Walker County Property Tax .......................... .5770 Public and Private Golf Courses............................ 2 Huntsville ISD Property Tax ......................... 1.2100 Parks .................................................................... 20 Hospital District Property Tax ......................... .1537 Trail Miles ......................................................... 2.73 Total Property Tax Rate ............................... 2.3400 About the City of Huntsville Public Education Top Ten Taxpayers No. of Schools Weatherford Completion ........................ $19,512,706 Wal-Mart Stores...................................... $16,093,830 Pre-K ..................................................................... 1 Huntsville Aberdeen Place, LP ............... $14,788,360 Elementary Schools .............................................. 4 Huntsville Place, LP ............................... $13,430,650 Intermediate Schools ............................................. 1 SCI Gateway of Huntsville Fund, et al ... $12,638,450 Middle Schools ...................................................... 1 Entergy Texas, Inc. ................................ $11,070,810 High Schools ......................................................... 1 Samuel C. Dominey ............................... $10,550,400 Total Enrollment ............................................. 6,036 Arbors of Huntsville ................................ $10,032,160 Helmerich & Payne, Inc. ........................... $8,575,510 Southwestern Bell Telephone .................. $8,405,500 Higher Education Institutions Enrollment Climate Sam Houston State University ..................... 16,661 Average Temperature ............................................ 66 Educational Attainment Average Minimum Temperature ............................. 57 Average Maximum Temperature ............................ 78 High school graduates (persons age 25+) .... 72.2% Highest Recorded Temperature ........................... 107 Bachelor’s degree or higher (age 25+)............. 22.4 Lowest Recorded Temperature ............................... -2 Average Monthly Precipitation ................................. 4” High School Gradulates and Average Number of Rainy Days .......................... 76.8 School Enrollment Precipitation 408 394 413 423 423 357 385 6 352 371 5 6,743 6,704 6,629 6,687 6,634 6,605 6,541 4 3 6,231 6,145 Huntsville Inches 2 U.S. 1 '99-00 '00-01 '01-02 '02-03 '03-04 '04-05 '05-06 '06-07 '07-08 0 Jul Apr Oct Jan Jun Mar Feb Nov Dec Aug Sep School Enrollment High School Graduates May Top Ten Employers Transportation Texas Department of Criminal Justice ........... 6,271 The Bruce Brothers/Huntsville Regional Airport Sam Houston State University ....................... 3,099 Huntsville Independent School Dist .................. 900 Wal-Mart ............................................................ 488 Huntsville Memorial Hospital ............................. 400 Region VI Education Service Center ................. 389 Walker County ................................................... 365 City of Huntsville ................................................ 327 Weatherford Completion Services .................... 210 Gulf Coast Trade Center ................................... 210 *Information provided by Texas Workforce Commission, U.S. Census Bureau, and Texas Education Agency Huntsville, Texas Community Profile The City of Huntsville, the seat of Walker County, is located in the piney woods and rolling hills of East Texas, approximately 70 miles north of Houston and 170 miles south of Dallas on Interstate 45. It is also conveniently located at the intersection of Texas Highway 30 (west to Bryan-College Station) and Highway 190 (east to Livingston). Founded in 1835 by Pleasant and Ephraim Gray as an Indian trading post, the community was named for Huntsville, Alabama, former home of the Gray family. Home of Sam Houston Huntsville takes great pride in having been the home of Sam Houston - Congressman and Governor of Tennessee, Commander of the Texas Army that defeated General Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto, twice President of the Republic of Texas, United States Senator and Governor of Texas. Sam Houston’s legacy continues to influence the spirit and enthusiasm of the people of Huntsville. The Sam Houston Memorial Museum is an education institution dedicated to preserving the memory and ideals of Sam Houston. Located on the grounds of the original Houston Homestead, it offers visitors the opportunity to tour the Memorial Museum, visit Sam Houston’s Woodland Home, his law office, and the Steamboat House where he died. Oakwood Cemetery, designated as a Historic Texas Cemetery by the Texas Historical Commission, is the final resting place for many people of historical prominence, including General Sam Houston, Henderson Yoakum, Judge James A. Baker, Joshua Houston, and many others important to the history of Huntsville, Walker County, and the State of Texas. Pleasant Gray, the founder of Huntsville, deeded the land for this cemetery to the City of Huntsville in 1847. The Sam Houston Statue, “A Tribute to Courage,” located on Interstate 45, was designed and constructed by well known artist and sculptor David Adickes. It is the world’s tallest statue of an American Hero at 67 feet tall on a 10 foot sunset granite base. Year round the statue visitor’s center welcomes tourists from all over the world to Huntsville and the many opportunities available in the area. Headquarters of the Texas Prison System The Texas Prison System has been headquartered in Huntsville since 1848 and is the only state agency with headquarters outside of Austin. Soon after Texas became a state, the legislature chose Huntsville as the site of the first permanent penitentiary. The Huntsville Unit “The Walls” was the first building. It is still occupied by offenders and houses the death chamber. Today, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is one of the two largest penal systems in the free world. The total system houses approximately 150,000 offenders in 106 units. Five units are in the city of Huntsville. The Texas Prison Museum, located in Huntsville, features numerous exhibits detailing the history of the Texas prison system, both from the point of view of the inmates as well as the men and women who worked within the prison walls. Among the most popular exhibits is the Capital Punishment exhibit featuring “Old Sparky”, the Texas electric chair. Sam Houston State University
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