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Clay County

Population in July 2007: 5,872.
Males: 2,910  (49.6%)
Females: 2,962  (50.4%)

Median resident age:  34.7 years
Kentucky median age:  35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $23,171 (it was $18,114 in 2000)
Burning Springs:  $23,171
Kentucky:  $40,267

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $13,528
Burning Springs:  $13,528
Kentucky:  $21,951

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $60,280 (it was $40,600 in 2000)
Burning Springs:  $60,280
Kentucky:  $114,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $76,071; Detached houses: $91,875; Mobile homes: $23,462

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Races in Burning Springs:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.9%)

2008 cost of living index in Burning Springs: 78.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 940 feet

Land area: 120.9 square miles.

Population density: 49 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Burning Springs

  • High school or higher: 50.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
  • Unemployed: 12.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 27.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Burning Springs CCD

  • Never married: 19.2%
  • Now married: 64.7%
  • Separated: 2.3%
  • Widowed: 8.0%
  • Divorced: 8.2%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.3%
Kentucky:  2.0%

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

Burning Springs:  0.7% ($282)
Kentucky:  0.8% ($610)
Burning Springs satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (65.5 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (378.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Manchester, KY (2.7 miles ), Annville, KY (3.0 miles ), Oneida, KY (3.1 miles ), Greenmount-Langnau, KY (3.2 miles ), Sibert-Hima, KY (3.4 miles ), Big Creek, KY (3.4 miles ), Sturgeon, KY (3.5 miles ), Bush, KY (3.6 miles ).

Latitude: 37.25 N, Longitude: 83.82 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Burning Springs household income distribution Burning Springs home values distribution

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (11%)
  • Truck transportation (8%)
  • Mining (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Computer and electronic products (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (18%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Computer and electronic products (12%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
  • Other direct selling establishments (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)



Burning Springs-area historical tornado activity is below Kentucky state average. It is 2% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/29/1973, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.2 miles away from the Burning Springs place center injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/3/1974, a category 3 tornado 19.4 miles away from the place center killed 7 people and injured 40 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Burning Springs-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Kentucky state average. It is 75% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 66.7 miles away from Burning Springs center
On 9/7/1988 at 02:28:09, a magnitude 4.6 (4.5 MB, 4.6 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 62.2 miles away from the city 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 41.0 miles away from the city 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 41.1 miles away from Burning Springs center
On 4/19/1996 at 08:50:14, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 48.1 miles away from the city center
On 3/11/1995 at 08:15:52, a magnitude 3.8 (3.7 MB, 3.8 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 43.0 miles away from Burning Springs center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS)

Hospitals/medical centers near Burning Springs:
  • MEMORIAL HOSP INC (about 7 miles; MANCHESTER, KY)
  • MARYMOUNT MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; LONDON, KY)
  • MARY BRECKINRIDGE HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; HYDEN, KY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Burning Springs:
  • EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; RICHMOND, KY; Full-time enrollment: 11,214)
  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (about 66 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; FT enrollment: 20,492)
  • LEXINGTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; FT enrollment: 5,437)
  • MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; MOREHEAD, KY; FT enrollment: 6,866)
  • WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 80 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
  • CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 81 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 88 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 23,333)

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Churches in Burning Springs include: Alliance Church (A), Bethany Chapel (B), Grays Fork Church (C), Liberty Church (D), Potters Chapel (E), Zion Church (F), Mount Olivet Church (G), Zion Church (H), Clark Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Genty Cemetery (1), Clark Cemetery (2), Ball Cemetery (3), Lewis Cemetery (4), Nelly Cemetery (5), Smith Cemetery (6), Mosley Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Muncy Fork (A), Blackie Branch (B), Bowling Branch (C), Bray Creek (D), Bridge Branch (E), Brushy Branch (F), Opossum Trot Branch (G), Orchard Branch (H), Buncomb Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Kentucky:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  63.1%
Whole state:  69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.8%
Whole state:  4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  35.8%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  8.2%
Whole state:  6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Burning Springs, KY


115 people in nursing homes


Burning Springs compared to Kentucky state average:
  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage 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 Clay County Kentucky:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (51%)
  • Utility gas (27%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
  • Coal or coke (4%)
  • Wood (3%)
  • Other fuel (3%)


Religion statistics for Burning Springs

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Christian Churches and Churches of ChristUnited Methodist ChurchChurch of the Brethren
Adherents70.4%9.2%6.1%3.6%2.5%
Congregations46.8%6.4%8.5%8.5%2.1%
NamePresbyterian Church (USA)Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchChurches of ChristCatholic ChurchOther religions
Adherents1.8%1.7%1.1%1.0%2.4%
Congregations6.4%2.1%4.3%2.1%12.8%
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.


4.07% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($22,710 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.07%
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 Laurel County, KY  1.13% ($26,950 average AGI)
from Fayette County, KY  0.19% ($18,900)
from Jackson County, KY  0.19% ($13,800)


4.89% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,692 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.89%
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 Laurel County, KY  2.03% ($28,890 average AGI)
to Fayette County, KY  0.33% ($14,167)
to Jackson County, KY  0.28% ($24,600)


Strongest AM radio stations in Burning Springs:
  • WKLB (1290 AM; 5 kW; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: BARKER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WWXL (1450 AM; 1 kW; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: THE PROMISE PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
  • WMTC (730 AM; 5 kW; VANCLEVE, KY; Owner: THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN HOLINESS ASSN.)
  • WKDP (1330 AM; 5 kW; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WEKG (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN B/CING CO., INC.)
  • WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WEKC (710 AM; daytime; 4 kW; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: GERALD PARKS)
  • WFSR (970 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPAY)
  • WKIC (1390 AM; 5 kW; HAZARD, KY)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFTG (1400 AM; 1 kW; LONDON, KY; Owner: F.T.G. BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WHLN (1410 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Burning Springs:
  • WTBK (105.7 FM; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: MANCHESTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWLT (103.1 FM; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: VERNON R. BALDWIN, INC.)
  • WWAG (107.9 FM; MCKEE, KY; Owner: DANDY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WYGE (92.3 FM; LONDON, KY; Owner: ETHEL HUFF BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
  • WKDP-FM (99.5 FM; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)
  • WEKH (90.9 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
  • WMIK-FM (92.7 FM; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WWEL (103.9 FM; LONDON, KY; Owner: F.T.G. BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLJC (102.1 FM; BEATTYVILLE, KY; Owner: HOUR OF HARVEST, INCORPORATED)
  • WJSN-FM (106.5 FM; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTUK (105.1 FM; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRIL (106.3 FM; PINEVILLE, KY; Owner: PINE HILLS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLFX (106.7 FM; BEREA, KY; Owner: WALLINGFORD COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WCYO (100.7 FM; IRVINE, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY RIVER BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WEKX (102.7 FM; JELLICO, TN; Owner: WHITLEY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Burning Springs:
  • W26BK (Channel 26; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WLJC-TV (Channel 65; BEATTYVILLE, KY; Owner: HOUR OF HARVEST, INC.)
  • W16BI (Channel 16; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WUPX-TV (Channel 67; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: PAXSON LEXINGTON LICENSE, INC.)
  • W24BT (Channel 24; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W64CM (Channel 64; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W66DA (Channel 66; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WOBZ-LP (Channel 9; EAST BERNSTADT, ETC., KY; Owner: ANDREA JOY KESLER)


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