Alva, Kentucky

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Population in July 2007: 935.

Males: 471	(50.4%)
Females: 464	(49.6%)

Median resident age:	36.6 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $20,098 (it was $15,699 in 2000)

Alva:	$20,098
Kentucky:	$40,267

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $11,683

Alva:	$11,683
Kentucky:	$21,951

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $48,121 (it was $32,400 in 2000)

Alva:	$48,121
Kentucky:	$114,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $52,919; Detached houses: $59,531; Townhouses or other attached units: $104,212; Mobile homes: $20,686

Alva, KY residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Alva:

White Non-Hispanic (98.5%)
Hispanic (1.3%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.5%)
Two or more races (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Alva: 75.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1440 feet

Land area: 48.3 square miles.

Population density: 19 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Alva

High school or higher: 55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
Unemployed: 17.1%
Mean travel time to work: 38.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Alva CCD

Never married: 17.5%
Now married: 64.3%
Separated: 3.2%
Widowed: 11.3%
Divorced: 6.9%

21 residents are foreign born (2.1% Latin America).

This place:	2.1%
Kentucky:	2.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Alva:	0.9% ($301)
Kentucky:	0.8% ($610)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Knoxville, TN (60.1 miles , pop. 173,890).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (107.9 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (420.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Rose Hill, VA (2.1 miles ), South Wallins, KY (2.5 miles ), Ewing, VA (2.5 miles ), Wallins Creek, KY (2.6 miles ), Tejay, KY (2.6 miles ), Loyall, KY (3.0 miles ), Harlan, KY (3.0 miles ), Powell Valley, TN (3.3 miles ).

Latitude: 36.73 N, Longitude: 83.41 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Most common industries for males (%):

Mining (32%)
Educational services (14%)
Construction (9%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Furniture and related products (6%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Accommodation and food services (24%)
Educational services (19%)
Food and beverage stores (16%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (8%)
Apparel (7%)
Public administration (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Extraction workers (23%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
Food processing workers (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
Carpenters (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cooks and food preparation workers (28%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (17%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
Cashiers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)

Alva-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 36% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/9/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.0 miles away from the Alva place center killed one person and injured 15 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 3/12/1967, a category 3 tornado 39.6 miles away from the place center .

Alva-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Kentucky state average. It is 62% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 71.3 miles away from Alva center
On 8/17/1990 at 21:01:17, a magnitude 4.0 (3.5 LG, 4.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 5.9 miles away from the city center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG) earthquake occurred 84.7 miles away from the city center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 88.6 miles away from Alva center
On 10/26/1995 at 00:37:28, a magnitude 4.0 (3.9 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 27.5 miles away from the city center
On 4/19/1996 at 08:50:14, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 27.8 miles away from Alva center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)

Hospitals/medical centers near Alva:

HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; HARLAN, KY)
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; MIDDLESBORO, KY)
CLAIBORNE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; TAZEWELL, TN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Alva:

WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; Full-time enrollment: 3,893)
CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 44 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 60 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 23,333)
PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84 miles; HARRIMAN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,490)

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Cemetery: Fee Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Berts Branch (A), Bradford Branch (B), Old Field Branch (C), Old House Branch (D), Path Fork (E), Chunklick Branch (F), Cloud Branch (G), Polecat Branch (H), Cy Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	65.4%
Whole state:	69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.4%
Whole state:	4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	36.6%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	21.0%
Whole state:	6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Alva, KY

Alva compared to Kentucky state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Harlan County Kentucky:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (67%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%) Coal or coke (10%) Solar energy (2%) No fuel used (2%)

Religion statistics for Alva

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	United Methodist Church	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	East District Association of Primitive Baptist
Adherents	62.3%	11.2%	9.8%	4.4%	2.0%
Congregations	43.7%	12.6%	9.7%	5.8%	1.9%

Name	Churches of Christ	Catholic Church	Assemblies of God	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Other religions
Adherents	1.8%	1.7%	1.3%	1.1%	4.3%
Congregations	6.8%	2.9%	2.9%	1.0%	12.6%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

3.72% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,572 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.72%
Kentucky average:	6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Letcher County, KY	0.23% ($29,947 average AGI)
from Bell County, KY	0.22% ($25,944)
from Fayette County, KY	0.21% ($11,588)

3.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,387 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.70%
Kentucky average:	6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Madison County, KY	0.28% ($16,478 average AGI)
to Fayette County, KY	0.26% ($23,905)
to Bell County, KY	0.23% ($36,158)

Strongest AM radio stations in Alva:

WHLN (1410 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY)
WFSR (970 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPAY)
WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
WMIK (560 AM; 3 kW; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WRWB (740 AM; 1 kW; HARROGATE, TN; Owner: PINE HILLS OF TENNESSEE, INC.)
WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WCRK (1150 AM; 5 kW; MORRISTOWN, TN; Owner: RADIO ACQUISITION CORP.)
WPWT (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
WNOX (990 AM; 10 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN)
WKLB (1290 AM; 5 kW; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: BARKER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WEKC (710 AM; daytime; 4 kW; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: GERALD PARKS)

Strongest FM radio stations in Alva:

WTUK (105.1 FM; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WMIK-FM (92.7 FM; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WRIL (106.3 FM; PINEVILLE, KY; Owner: PINE HILLS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WCTU (105.9 FM; TAZEWELL, TN; Owner: STAIR COMPANY, INC)
WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WJDT (106.5 FM; ROGERSVILLE, TN; Owner: C & S BROADCASTING)
WBGQ (100.7 FM; BULLS GAP, TN; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING)
WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WJNV (99.1 FM; JONESVILLE, VA; Owner: REGINA KAY MOORE)
W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WIMZ-FM (103.5 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMM., CORP.)
WXJB (96.5 FM; HARROGATE, TN; Owner: JBD INCORPORATED)
WIFX-FM (94.3 FM; JENKINS, KY; Owner: LETCHER COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC)
WEKH (90.9 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WXKQ-FM (103.9 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
WMMT (88.7 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INCORPORATED)
WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)

TV broadcast stations around Alva:

WAGV (Channel 44; HARLAN, KY; Owner: LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, INC.)
WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
W24BT (Channel 24; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)

FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1

Unit Train Loadout Along Ky Rte 72 15 Mi Se Of Us 119, Type: Building, Structure height: 2 m, Overall height: 3 m, Call Sign: WPKD660
Assigned Frequencies : 913.000 MHz, 918.150 MHz
Grant Date: 01/25/1997, Expiration Date: 01/25/2002, Cancelation Date: 05/05/2002, Certifier: Earl S Mc Knight
Registrant: Kanawha Scales & Systems, Poca, WV 25159, Fax: (304) 755-3327

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