Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  20.6% | | Whole state: |  19.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 14.0% | | Whole state: | 9.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Blue Mountain, MS
73 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Blue Mountain compared to Mississippi state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Number of college students above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Blue Mountain (2009 data):
- The Peoples Bank: Blue Mountain Branch at 122 North Guyton Boulevard, branch established on 1996-04-22. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $320.3 mil, Deposits: $264.1 mil, headquarters in Ripley, MS, positive income, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Peoples Corporation, The
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (61%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religion statistics for Blue Mountain
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | USA National Primitive Baptist Convention | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 68.3% | 13.6% | 6.5% | 3.4% | 2.1% |
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| Congregations | 39.0% | 24.4% | 9.8% | 7.3% | 4.9% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Cumberland Presbyterian Church | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Assemblies of God | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
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| Congregations | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 8.5% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $1,550 | $18,600 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $1,540 | $18,480 | 6 | $1,884 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,008 | $24,096 | 5 | $1,432 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,080 | $24,960 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $2,600 | $15,600 | 1 | $954 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $9,778 | $19,556 | 12 | $4,270 |
Blue Mountain government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $52,000
Solid Waste Management: $31,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $21,000
Fire Protection: $3,000
Regular Highways: $1,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $132,000
Financial Administration: $83,000
Sewerage: $44,000
Police Protection: $44,000
Regular Highways: $30,000
Solid Waste Management: $24,000
Fire Protection: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $10,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $12,000
Highways: $11,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $240,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $210,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $200,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $227,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $13,000
Other, NEC: $10,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $29,000
Interest Earnings: $10,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $283,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $156,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $27,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $71,000
All Other: $9,000
Highways: $2,000
- Tax - Property: $74,000
Other Selective Sales: $3,000
Public Utilities: $2,000
NEC: $1,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $167,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $13,000
4.38% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,148 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.38% | | Mississippi average: | 7.82% |
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:
5.06% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,765 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.06% | | Mississippi average: | 8.35% |
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Blue Mountain:
- WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
- WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WCSA (1260 AM; 1 kW; RIPLEY, MS; Owner: KEYBOARD BROADCASTING COMMUNICATION)
- WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
- WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WPLX (1170 AM; 10 kW; GERMANTOWN, TN; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
- WJCE (680 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: ENTERCOM MEMPHIS LICENSE, LLC)
- WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
- WLRC (850 AM; daytime; 1 kW; WALNUT, MS; Owner: B. R. AND MARTHA S. CLAYTON)
- WNAU (1470 AM; 1 kW; NEW ALBANY, MS; Owner: MPM INVESTMENT GROUP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Blue Mountain:
- WCNA (95.9 FM; POTTS CAMP, MS; Owner: OLVIE E. SISK)
- WRBO (103.5 FM; COMO, MS; Owner: MEMPHIS III LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKZU (102.3 FM; RIPLEY, MS; Owner: KUDZU COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WZLQ (98.5 FM; TUPELO, MS; Owner: SAN DOW BROADCASTING)
- WWZD-FM (106.7 FM; NEW ALBANY, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMAE-FM (89.5 FM; BOONEVILLE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WWMS (97.5 FM; OXFORD, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WAFR (88.3 FM; TUPELO, MS; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WMAV-FM (90.3 FM; OXFORD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WAQB (90.9 FM; TUPELO, MS; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WSEL-FM (96.7 FM; PONTOTOC, MS; Owner: OLLIE COLLINS, JR.)
- WESE (92.5 FM; BALDWYN, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WYDL (100.7 FM; MIDDLETON, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKRA-FM (92.7 FM; HOLLY SPRINGS, MS; Owner: BILLY R. AUTRY)
TV broadcast stations around Blue Mountain:
- WMAE-TV (Channel 12; BOONEVILLE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WMAV-TV (Channel 18; OXFORD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION)
- W34BU (Channel 34; ACTON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W22BS (Channel 22; TUPELO, MS; Owner: WTVA, INC.)
- W45BD (Channel 45; TUPELO, MS; Owner: WTVA, INC.)
- WBII-LP (Channel 20; HOLLY SPRINGS, MS; Owner: MID-SOUTH BROADCASTING)
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 2 meters (7ft)
Total costs: $968,000
Total average daily traffic: 9,590
Total average daily truck traffic: 766
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 14,385
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- 1350 Hwy 368, Call Sign: KNKQ253
880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz
Grant Date: 08/21/2001, Expiration Date: 10/01/2011, Certifier: David C Jatlow
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 11760 Us Highway 1, North Palm Beach, FL 33408, Phone: (202) 255-1679, Fax: (561) 279-2097, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2- Edward G Roach, Blue Mountain, Type: Tower, Structure height: 79.2 m, Overall height: 82.3 m
Registrant: Aat Communications, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
- MUAYYAD MUSTAFA, 1350 Hwy 368, Type: Tower, Structure height: 122.2 m, Overall height: 123.7 m
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms: A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422, Email:
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 5- 2 Km E Of Hwy 15, Type: Tower, Structure height: 126 m, Call Sign: WPFR875
Assigned Frequencies : 859.312 MHz, 859.362 MHz, 859.412 MHz, 860.312 MHz, 860.362 MHz, 860.412 MHz
Grant Date: 06/08/1999, Expiration Date: 06/08/2009
Registrant: Southern Communications Services D/B/A Southern Linc, 600 University Park (Suite 400), Birmingham, AL 35209, Phone: (205) 874-3843, Fax: (205) 874-3953, Email:
- 0.4 Km N Of Main St, Type: Tower, Structure height: 55 m, Call Sign: WPJW237
Assigned Frequencies : 462.850 MHz, 462.925 MHz
Grant Date: 11/27/2001, Expiration Date: 11/18/2011, Cancelation Date: 01/29/2007, Certifier: James Drake
Registrant: Lao, 1270 Fairfield Rd Ste 13, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Fax: (717) 337-9157 - .5 Mi W Hwy 2, Type: Tower, Structure height: 55 m, Call Sign: WPJX910
Assigned Frequencies : 152.480 MHz
Grant Date: 12/10/1996, Expiration Date: 12/10/2006, Cancelation Date: 01/27/2007, Certifier: James L Drake
Registrant: Lao, 1270 Fairfield Rd Ste 13, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Fax: (717) 337-9157 - .5 Mi W Hwy 2, Type: Tower, Structure height: 55 m, Call Sign: WPKH217
Assigned Frequencies : 157.740 MHz
Grant Date: 03/13/2007, Expiration Date: 02/19/2017, Certifier: James L Drake
Registrant: Delta Telepage, 1936 Hwy 82 E, Greenville, MS 38703, Phone: (662) 332-1294, Fax: (717) 337-9157 - 2 Km E Of Hwy 15, Type: Tower, Structure height: 126 m, Call Sign: WQJM843
855.162 MHz, 855.187 MHz, 855.412 MHz, 855.612 MHz, 855.637 MHz, 855.662 MHz, 855.687 MHz, 855.862 MHz, 855.912 MHz, 855.937 MHz... (+10 more)
Grant Date: 05/30/2008, Expiration Date: 06/08/2009, Certifier: Robin J Cohen
Registrant: Sprint Nextel Corporation, 2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, VA 20191, Phone: (703) 433-4000, Fax: (703) 433-4142
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1- RIPLEY, 1350 Highway 368, Type: Tower, Structure height: 122.8 m, Overall height: 126.5 m, Call Sign: WPJE783
Assigned Frequencies : 6345.49 MHz, 6256.54 MHz
Grant Date: 02/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: Carol L Tacker
Registrant: Cingular Wireless LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive Ms A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7506, Fax: (469) 229-7295, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 11 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Blue Mountain)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: CESSNA 150J (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 50945 , Serial Number: 15069665, Year manufactured: 1968, Airworthiness Date: 10/02/1968
Registrant (Individual): Sherman N Smith, 312 West St, Blue Mountain, MS 38610 - Aircraft: AEROSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC RAVEN S49A (Balloon, Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: None
N-Number: 54NB , Serial Number: S49A-3113, Year manufactured: 1992, Airworthiness Date: 03/13/1992
Registrant (Co-Owned): Roy Tate Coombs, 6770 Cr 825, Blue Mountain, MS 38610, Other Owners: Johnnie P Coombs
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 42
- Hazardous Condition: 1
- Good Intent Call: 1
Incident types - Blue Mountain
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Blue Mountain, MS
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