Coal City, West Virginia

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Population in July 2007: 1,905.

Males: 940	(49.3%)
Females: 965	(50.7%)

Median resident age:	42.4 years
West Virginia median age:	38.9 years

Zip codes: 25823.

Estimated median household income in 2008: $33,645 (it was $28,049 in 2000)

Coal City:	$33,645
West Virginia:	$37,989

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $18,988

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $60,893 (it was $46,000 in 2000)

Coal City:	$60,893
West Virginia:	$95,900

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Races in Coal City:

White Non-Hispanic (97.4%)
Two or more races (1.2%)
Hispanic (1.0%)
American Indian (0.7%)

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Coal City: 75.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (35.4%), German (6.9%), English (4.5%), Irish (3.0%), Dutch (2.3%), French (1.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 2580 feet

Land area: 6.27 square miles.

Population density: 304 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Coal City

High school or higher: 68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
Unemployed: 9.4%
Mean travel time to work: 34.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Coal City CDP

Never married: 17.2%
Now married: 63.8%
Separated: 1.0%
Widowed: 10.2%
Divorced: 7.8%

0 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.0%
West Virginia:	1.1%

According to our research there were 4 registered sex offenders living in Coal City, West Virginia in May 2009.
The ratio of number of residents in Coal City to the number of sex offenders is 476 to 1.

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

Coal City:	0.5% ($247)
West Virginia:	0.6% ($378)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Charleston, WV (51.4 miles , pop. 53,421).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Greensboro, NC (135.1 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (363.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Sophia, WV (1.7 miles ), Crab Orchard, WV (2.0 miles ), MacArthur, WV (2.2 miles ), Beaver, WV (2.4 miles ), Mabscott, WV (2.4 miles ), Daniels, WV (2.5 miles ), Lester, WV (2.5 miles ), Shady Spring, WV (2.6 miles ).

Latitude: 37.69 N, Longitude: 81.21 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 304

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Most common industries for males (%):

Accommodation and food services (13%)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (11%)
Construction (11%)
Petroleum and coal products (4%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (23%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Food and beverage stores (8%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
Personal and laundry services (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Educational services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Extraction workers (7%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Woodworkers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (16%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Personal appearance workers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)

Average climate in Coal City, West Virginia

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Coal City-area historical tornado activity is below West Virginia state average. It is 74% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/4/1974, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.4 miles away from the Coal City place center injured 12 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/4/1974, a category 3 tornado 13.1 miles away from the place center killed one person and injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Coal City-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above West Virginia state average. It is 84% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 51.4 miles away from Coal City center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG) earthquake occurred 55.7 miles away from the city center
On 6/29/1996 at 19:30:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 53.3 miles away from the city center
On 4/22/1991 at 01:01:20, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 9.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 57.6 miles away from Coal City center
On 6/26/1995 at 00:36:17, a magnitude 3.5 (3.1 MB, 3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 66.3 miles away from the city center
On 10/28/1997 at 10:36:46, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 57.6 miles away from Coal City center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Coal City:

BECKLEY APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; BECKLEY, WV)
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; BECKLEY, WV)
SUMMERS COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; HINTON, WV)

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Amtrak stations near Coal City:

15 miles: PRINCE (RTE. 41 NORTH). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
18 miles: HINTON (FRONT ST.). Services: enclosed waiting area, free short-term parking, free long-term parking.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Coal City:

CONCORD COLLEGE (about 20 miles; ATHENS, WV; Full-time enrollment: 2,723)
BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 29 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE (about 46 miles; INSTITUTE, WV; FT enrollment: 3,688)
NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; DUBLIN, VA; FT enrollment: 2,262)
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT enrollment: 8,034)
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about 59 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 25,754)

Public high school in Coal City:

Independence High School (Students: 760; Location: 850 INDEPENDENCE ROAD; Grades: 9 - 12)

Public elementary/middle school in Coal City:

Coal City Elementary (Students: 335; Location: INDEPENDENCE RD.; Grades: PK - 5)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.4 people
West Virginia:	2.4 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	72.9%
Whole state:	68.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.5%
Whole state:	4.7%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This place:	12.4%
Whole state:	17.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This place:	3.3%
Whole state:	7.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Coal City, WV

Coal City compared to West Virginia state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
House age below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

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2004 Presidential Election results in Raleigh County West Virginia:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (42%) Utility gas (40%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) Coal or coke (3%) Wood (1%)

Religion statistics for Coal City

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 22.37%

Here		22.4%
USA		50.2%

Adherents

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.

Name	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	Southern Baptist Convention
Adherents	13.8%	13.7%	12.8%	12.1%	9.8%
Congregations	6.1%	13.9%	0.9%	13.0%	3.5%

Name	National Association of Free Will Baptists	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Other
Adherents	5.8%	4.5%	4.0%	4.0%	19.5%
Congregations	14.8%	5.2%	0.9%	2.6%	39.1%

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.

5.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,601 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.18%
West Virginia average:	5.78%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($208 average AGI)
Raleigh County: 0.05%
West Virginia average: 0.06%

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

from Fayette County, WV	0.65% ($27,729 average AGI)
from Wyoming County, WV	0.44% ($28,162)
from Kanawha County, WV	0.23% ($29,948)

5.16% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,648 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.16%
West Virginia average:	5.65%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($404 average AGI)
Raleigh County: 0.04%
West Virginia average: 0.02%

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

to Fayette County, WV	0.66% ($24,196 average AGI)
to Kanawha County, WV	0.26% ($35,119)
to Summers County, WV	0.19% ($33,521)

Strongest AM radio stations in Coal City:

WIWS (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WJLS (560 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
WWNR (620 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: DYNASTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WOAY (860 AM; 10 kW; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: COMMISSIONED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WBDY (1190 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
WCAW (680 AM; 10 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
WELC (1150 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WELCH, WV; Owner: POCAHONTAS BROADCASTING CO.)
WNRV (990 AM; 5 kW; NARROWS-PEARISBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WHIS (1440 AM; 5 kW; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WYKM (1250 AM; 5 kW; RUPERT, WV; Owner: MT. STATE B. CO., INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Coal City:

WJLS-FM (99.5 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
WMTD-FM (102.3 FM; HINTON, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WCIR-FM (103.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WVPB (91.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
WHAJ (104.5 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
WPMW (92.7 FM; MULLENS, WV; Owner: CASTLE ROCK INVESTMENTS, L.L.C.)
WTNJ (105.9 FM; MOUNT HOPE, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
WHKX (106.3 FM; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
WKOY-FM (100.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
WPIB (91.1 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
WAXS (94.1 FM; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: PLATEAU BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSTG (95.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: PRINCETON BROADCASTING, INC.)
WDBS (97.1 FM; SUTTON, WV; Owner: SUMMIT MEDIA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
W244BF (96.7 FM; NIMITZ, WV; Owner: GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH)
WKCJ (103.1 FM; LEWISBURG, WV; Owner: QUORUM RADIO PARTNERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.)
WRON-FM (97.7 FM; RONCEVERTE, WV; Owner: RADIO GREENBRIER, INC.)
WELC-FM (102.9 FM; WELCH, WV; Owner: POCAHONTAS BROADCASTING CO.)

TV broadcast stations around Coal City:

WOAY-TV (Channel 4; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: THOMAS BROADCASTING CO.)
WSWP-TV (Channel 9; GRANDVIEW, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)

Coal City fatal accident list:
Mar 31, 2008 03:25 AM, Cr-29, Lat: 37.672908, Lon: -81.210928, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Sep 15, 2007 09:40 AM, Cr-29 Coal City Road, Lat: 37.673703, Lon: -81.211100, Vehicles: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: Inconsistent data
Jan 16, 1999 01:40 AM, 36, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 2, 1998 10:35 AM, 29, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Apr 6, 1989 04:25 AM, 29, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 23 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Coal City)

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 32
Hazardous Condition: 36
Service Call: 1
Good Intent Call: 1

Incident types - Coal City

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Coal City on our top lists:

#64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"

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