St. Joseph County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 33.8. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 10.0. This is about average. Closest monitor was 25.0 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Colon and their reported violations in the past:
COLON (Population served: 1227, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
RIVERLAKE INN (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 12.3%
(12.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: | 2.4 people | | Michigan: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 61.6% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 6.5% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Colon, MI
Colon compared to Michigan state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Colon (2011 data):
- Citizens Bank: Colon Branch at 123 East State Street, branch established on 1968/11/13. Info updated 2011/08/01: Bank assets: $9,212.3 mil, Deposits: $7,452.0 mil, headquarters in Flint, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 220 total offices, Holding Company: Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc.
- Sturgis Bank & Trust Company: Colon Banking Center at 110 South Blackstone, branch established on 1905/01/01. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $314.3 mil, Deposits: $234.6 mil, headquarters in Sturgis, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Sturgis Bancorp, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in St. Joseph County Michigan:
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Religion statistics for Colon (based on St. Joseph County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 34.52%
| Here |  | 34.5% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Lutheran Church | The Wesleyan Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Adherents | 34.2% | 10.7% | 10.4% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| Congregations | 7.1% | 14.3% | 7.1% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
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| Name | Church of the Nazarene | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Old Order Amish | Missionary Church | Other |
| Adherents | 4.1% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 21.3% |
| Congregations | 2.4% | 2.4% | 9.5% | 4.8% | 47.6% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 17 | This county: | 2.73 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 2.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | St. Joseph County: | 0.32 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 6 | St. Joseph County: | 0.96 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 1.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 24 | This county: | 3.85 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 2.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 41 | St. Joseph County: | 6.58 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 6.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | St. Joseph County: | 22.0% | | State: | 13.4% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,303 | $27,636 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 8 | $1,298 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $8,610 | $34,440 | 1 | $509 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $345 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $3,556 | $42,672 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,192 | $26,304 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,139 | $25,668 | 1 | $1,169 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $80 |
| Totals for Government |
7 | $18,800 | $32,229 | 13 | $3,401 |
Colon government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $54,000 ($46.04)
- Charges - Sewerage: $156,000 ($132.99)
All Other: $32,000 ($27.28)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $254,000 ($216.54)
Sewerage: $206,000 ($175.62)
Police Protection: $180,000 ($153.45)
Regular Highways: $156,000 ($132.99)
Fire Protection: $74,000 ($63.09)
General - Other: $48,000 ($40.92)
Central Staff Services: $25,000 ($21.31)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $7,000 ($5.97)
Health Services - Other: $5,000 ($4.26)
Parks & Recreation: $4,000 ($3.41)
Financial Administration: $4,000 ($3.41)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,000 ($2.56)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Regular Highways: $53,000 ($45.18)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $56,000 ($47.74)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $54,000 ($46.04)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $2,000 ($1.71)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $24,000 ($20.46)
Rents: $23,000 ($19.61)
Interest Earnings: $21,000 ($17.90)
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $73,000 ($62.23)
Fire Protection: $56,000 ($47.74)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $649,000 ($553.28)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $184,000 ($156.86)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $148,000 ($126.17)
Highways: $95,000 ($80.99)
All Other: $2,000 ($1.71)
- Tax - Property: $264,000 ($225.06)
NEC: $7,000 ($5.97)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $284,000 ($242.11)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000 ($2.56)
5.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,093 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.03% | | Michigan average: | 5.24% |
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:
5.84% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,988 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.84% | | Michigan average: | 5.98% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($275 average AGI)| St. Joseph County: | 0.05% | | Michigan average: | 0.05% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Colon:
- WMSH-FM (99 AM; 1 kW; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKLZ (1470 AM; 10 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WTVB (1590 AM; 5 kW; COLDWATER, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WQSN (1660 AM; 10 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WKZO (590 AM; 5 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBCK (930 AM; 5 kW; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WNWN (1560 AM; daytime; 4 kW; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
- WKMI (1360 AM; 5 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI)
- WMSH (1230 AM; 1 kW; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Colon:
- WRKR (107.7 FM; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WMSH-FM (99.3 FM; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNWN-FM (98.5 FM; COLDWATER, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WCVM (94.7 FM; BRONSON, MI; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WTHD (105.5 FM; LAGRANGE, IN; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WLKM-FM (95.9 FM; THREE RIVERS, MI; Owner: IMPACT RADIO, LLC)
- WBOI (91.3 FM; ORLAND, IN; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF NORTHEAST INDIANA, INC)
- WKFR-FM (103.3 FM; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WQKO (91.9 FM; HOWE, IN; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WLKI (100.3 FM; ANGOLA, IN; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WFAT (96.5 FM; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
TV broadcast stations around Colon:
- W26BX (Channel 26; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: TCT OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
- WLLA (Channel 64; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: CHRISTIAN FAITH BROADCAST, INC.)
- WOTV (Channel 41; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WGVK (Channel 52; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WOBC-CA (Channel 20; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- W21BS (Channel 21; HOUGHTON LAKE, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
Colon fatal accident list:
Nov 16, 2006 04:42 PM, Sr-86, Farrand, Lat: 41.956069, Lon: -85.341617, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 2
Oct 13, 1989 04:03 PM, State, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 9
Total length: 22 meters (72ft)
Total costs: $451,000
Total average daily traffic: 9,514
Total average daily truck traffic: 388
Total future (year 2023) average daily traffic: 16,821
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Colon)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 19 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - 400 Dallas St (Lat: 41.957278 Lon: -85.318028), Call Sign: KDZ982, Licensee ID: L00048285
Assigned Frequencies: 155.205 MHz Grant Date: 04/24/2002, Expiration Date: 06/02/2012
Registrant: Colon Community Schools, 400 Dallas St, Colon, MI 49040, Phone: (616) 432-3231
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4 - Call Sign: KB8AEV, Licensee ID: L01116014
Grant Date: 02/08/2006, Expiration Date: 05/01/2016, Certifier: Jo A Mitchell
Registrant: Jo A Mitchell, 59359 Lakeshore Dr, Colon, MI 49040 - Call Sign: KG8WL, Licensee ID: L01213984
Grant Date: 11/16/2006, Expiration Date: 02/14/2017, Certifier: Ralph A Mitchell
Registrant: Ralph A Mitchell, 59359 Lakeshore Dr, Colon, MI 49040 - Call Sign: W8JWC, Licensee ID: L00309078
Grant Date: 01/18/2001, Expiration Date: 01/18/2011
Registrant: David J Volosky, 60392 South Burr Oak Road, Colon, MI 49040 - Call Sign: WB8TYH, Licensee ID: L00543138
Grant Date: 07/26/2002, Expiration Date: 07/26/2012
Registrant: James V Martin, 219 Frank, Colon, MI 49040
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: MOONEY M20C (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 72SK , Serial Number: 680147, Year manufactured: 1968, Airworthiness Date: 05/22/1968
Registrant (Corporation): Rock Hoppers LLC, 57544 Kline St, Colon, MI 49040
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Colon, MI
| Most common first names in Colon, MI among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 28 | 76.1 years |
| Robert | 23 | 72.9 years |
| Charles | 20 | 74.9 years |
| William | 19 | 74.1 years |
| Mary | 17 | 77.1 years |
| Dorothy | 16 | 79.1 years |
| James | 16 | 70.3 years |
| Richard | 14 | 68.6 years |
| Fred | 13 | 79.7 years |
| Harold | 12 | 67.9 years |
| Most common last names in Colon, MI among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Smith | 16 | 72.6 years |
| Miller | 15 | 77.0 years |
| Adams | 10 | 79.2 years |
| Decker | 10 | 76.3 years |
| Wagner | 9 | 78.9 years |
| Johnson | 9 | 78.5 years |
| Brown | 9 | 74.9 years |
| Jones | 8 | 69.3 years |
| Ryan | 7 | 71.3 years |
| Farrand | 7 | 82.5 years |
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