City Statistics

Basic Statistics

  • Date Established, Incorporated and Chartered: 1876-77
  • Date of Readoption of Charter: March 14, 1974
  • Area: 11.44 Square Miles
  • Number of Registered Voters in Conover as of April 27, 2021: 5,560

Miles of

  • Streets
    • City of Conover Maintained Streets: 53.91 miles
    • State Maintained Streets; 72.75 miles
    • Total of all streets: 126.66 miles
  • Sidewalks: 18 miles
  • Sewers
    • Storm: 57.6 miles
    • Sanitary: 129.1 miles
  • Number of Streetlights: 1,907

Water Plant Capacity - Gallons per Day (As Defined)

Hickory's present capacity for the production of water is 32 million gallons per day (mgd). Their storage capacity is 6 mgd. At this time, estimates of water available from Hickory are based on a continuous rate of 3,000 gallons per minute (gpm), which equals 4,320,000 gallons per day (gpd).

  • Water mains: 164.5 Miles
  • Storage Capacity: 2,000,000 Gallons
  • Number of Hydrants: 966
  • Wastetreatment Plant Capacity
    • Northeast WWTP: 1.5 mgd
  • Municipal Water Available:
    • Number of customers: 6,135
    • Daily average consumption: 1,800,000

Zoning Permits (July 1st 2021 - June 30 2022)

  • Issued: 258
  • Estimated costs: $38,584,318

Protection

  • Fire Protection
    • Number of Fire Stations: 3
    • Number of Full-Time Staff: 20
    • Number of Paid-on-Call Staff: 25
  • Police Protection
    • Number of stations: 1
    • Number of full-time employees: 32
    • Number of part-time employees: 6

Recreation

Park area - neighborhood: 16.45 Acres

  1. Southwest/Washington Park
  2. Hunsucker Park
  3. Majestic Park
  4. Downtown Park
  5. Rowe Park
  6. Hines Park
  7. Conover City Park

Bond Rating

  • Moody's Investors Service: A-1
  • Standard and Poors: A
  • NC Municipal Council: 83

Population

  • 1998 State Certified Estimate: 7,135
  • 1999 State Certified Estimate: 7,367
  • 2000 Federal Census: 6,667
  • 2001 State Certified Estimate: 6,871
  • 2002 State Certified Estimate: 7,002
  • 2003 State Certified Estimate: 7,040
  • 2004 Official Census Challenge: 7,526
  • 2005 State Certified Estimate: 7,652
  • 2006 State Certified Estimate: 7,792
  • 2007 State Certified Estimate: 7,922
  • 2008 State Certified Estimate: 8,016
  • 2009 State Certified Estimate: 8,110
  • 2010 Federal Census: 8,165
  • 2011 State Certified Estimate: 8,207
  • 2012 State Certified Estimate: 8,207
  • 2013 State Certified Estimate: 8,255
  • 2014 State Certified Estimate: 8,291
  • 2015 State Certified Estimate: 8,301
  • 2016 State Certified Estimate: 8,335
  • 2017 State Certified Estimate: 8,412
  • 2018 State Certified Estimate: 8,458
  • 2019 State Certified Estimate: 8,540
  • 2020 Federal Census: 8,421
  • 2021 State Certified Estimate: 8,428
  • 2022 State Certified Estimate: 8,606

Employee Positions as of June 30, 2021

  • Full-time positions: 114
  • Part-time police positions: 6

Assessed Valuation for Tax Years

  • 1998: $629,296,751
  • 1999: $644,253,028
  • 2000: $799,493,130
  • 2001: $825,605,951
  • 2002: $858,798,271
  • 2003: $881,427,685
  • 2004: $945,661,892
  • 2005: $982,163,847
  • 2006: $968,770,749
  • 2007: $983,754,245
  • 2008: $1,051,013,524
  • 2009: $1,064,754,031
  • 2010: $1,063,939,201
  • 2011: $1,067,798,528
  • 2012: $1,036,923,872
  • 2013: $1,095,335,733
  • 2014: $1,089,387,173
  • 2015: $1,195,648,062
  • 2016: $1,046,695,036
  • 2017: $1,076,077,297
  • 2018: $1,104,302,915
  • 2019: $1,139,482,691
  • 2020: $1,170,088,400