Cleveland County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 34.0. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 16.3. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 12.7 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 10.3. This is about average. Closest monitor was 12.9 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2000 was 3.86. This is about average. Closest monitor was 12.7 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 6.0%
(4.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.6 people | | North Carolina: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 75.5% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 3.9% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fallston, NC
21 people in nursing homes
2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Fallston compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above 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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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (52%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Cleveland County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Fallston (based on Cleveland County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 62.61%
| Here |  | 62.6% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church |
| Adherents | 70.9% | 14.0% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.8% |
| Congregations | 52.0% | 21.7% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 1.1% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | The Wesleyan Church | Church of the Nazarene | Episcopal Church | Other |
| Adherents | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 3.7% |
| Congregations | 1.7% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 10.3% |
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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: 18 | Cleveland County: | 1.83 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.10 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 13 | Cleveland County: | 1.32 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 60 | Cleveland County: | 6.11 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 65 | Here: | 6.61 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 11.9% | | North Carolina: | 9.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Cleveland County: | 29.7% | | North Carolina: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 8.3% | | State: | 15.6% |
| 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 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,190 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,111 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $2,301 |
Fallston government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $52,000 ($85.81)
- Construction - General: $2,472,000 ($4079.21)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $37,000 ($61.06)
Regular Highways: $26,000 ($42.90)
Central Staff Services: $18,000 ($29.70)
Water Utilities: $16,000 ($26.40)
Parks & Recreation: $7,000 ($11.55)
Financial Administration: $6,000 ($9.90)
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000 ($1.65)
General - Other: $1,000 ($1.65)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $610,000 ($1006.60)
General Support: $5,000 ($8.25)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $9,000 ($14.85)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $299,000 ($493.40)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $22,000 ($36.30)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,872,000 ($3089.11)
Highways: $22,000 ($36.30)
General Support: $16,000 ($26.40)
- Tax - Property: $14,000 ($23.10)
NEC: $3,000 ($4.95)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $23,000 ($37.95)
5.06% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,388 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.06% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($200 average AGI)| Cleveland County: | 0.06% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,243 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.15% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($131 average AGI)| Cleveland County: | 0.03% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Fallston:
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WLTC (1370 AM; 20 kW; GASTONIA, NC)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WWOL (780 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: HOLLY SPRINGS BAPTIST BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCSL (1590 AM; 1 kW; CHERRYVILLE, NC; Owner: KTC BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
- WADA (1390 AM; 1 kW; SHELBY, NC; Owner: EDWIN KEITH JOHNSON)
- WOHS (730 AM; 1 kW; SHELBY, NC; Owner: KTC BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WCGC (1270 AM; 10 kW; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WHVN, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fallston:
- WAGI-FM (105.3 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: GAFFNEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WBAV-FM (101.9 FM; GASTONIA, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WFHE (90.3 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WSGE (91.7 FM; DALLAS, NC; Owner: GASTON COLLEGE)
- WXRC (95.7 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: PACIFIC BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WTPT (93.3 FM; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: UPSTATE BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WWMG (96.1 FM; SHELBY, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKKT (96.9 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
- W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
- WSSL-FM (100.5 FM; GRAY COURT, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
TV broadcast stations around Fallston:
- WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
- WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
- WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
- WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
- W38CN (Channel 38; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
- WAFF (Channel 48; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WSOC-TV (Channel 9; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WSOC-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WGTB-LP (Channel 28; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTER, INC.)
- WUNG-TV (Channel 58; CONCORD, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WTVI (Channel 42; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WAXN (Channel 64; KANNAPOLIS, NC; Owner: WSOC-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WHKY-TV (Channel 14; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WCCB (Channel 18; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WSQY-LP (Channel 66; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ASHEVILLE MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
Fallston fatal accident list:
Jun 19, 2005 02:11 AM, Sr-182, Sr-18, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: Inconsistent data
Nov 14, 1992 08:30 PM, Nc18, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jun 7, 1991 11:55 PM, Nc18, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 3, Drunken drivers: 1
Jul 13, 1984 05:31 PM, 182, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Dec 15, 1981 05:55 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 6 - Edward G Roach, 100 Club House Road (Lat: 35.430556 Lon: -81.500750), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
Registrant: None - Edward G Roach, 100 Club House Road (Lat: 35.430556 Lon: -81.500750), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
Registrant: None - Edward G Roach, 100 Club House Road (Lat: 35.430556 Lon: -81.500750), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
Registrant: None - Edward G Roach, 100 Club House Road (Lat: 35.430556 Lon: -81.500750), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 80.8 m
Registrant: None - Edward G Roach, 100 Club House Road (Lat: 35.430556 Lon: -81.500750), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 77.4 m, Licensee ID: L00131772
Registrant: Sba Towers, Inc, 5900 Broken Sound Parkway Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
- Edward G Roach, 100 Club House Road (Lat: 35.430556 Lon: -81.500750), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 77.4 m, Licensee ID: L00131772
Registrant: Sba Towers, Inc, 5900 Broken Sound Parkway Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6 - Call Sign: K4XW, Previous Call Sign: KC4VAE, Licensee ID: L00265674
Grant Date: 11/24/1998, Expiration Date: 11/24/2008
Registrant: Boyd T Williams, 140 Beam St, Fallston, NC 28042 - Call Sign: KE4CCQ, Licensee ID: L00191261
Grant Date: 11/24/1997, Expiration Date: 06/01/2003, Cancellation Date: 09/12/2000
Registrant: Paul A Hoyle, 4513 Fallston Rd, Fallston, NC 28042 - Call Sign: KF4TZQ
Grant Date: 09/18/1997, Expiration Date: 09/18/2007, Cancellation Date: 09/19/2009
Registrant: Donald R Sisk, Fallston, NC 28042 - Call Sign: N4FMD, Licensee ID: L00286436
Grant Date: 02/18/2009, Expiration Date: 08/28/2018, Certifier: Jean Y Elliott
Registrant: Jean Y Elliott, 117 Beam St, Fallston, NC 28042 - Call Sign: N4MRZ, Licensee ID: L00286431
Grant Date: 05/08/2006, Expiration Date: 07/31/2016, Certifier: Barbara T Elliott
Registrant: Barbara T Elliott, Fallston, NC 28042 - Call Sign: KE4C, Previous Call Sign: KE4CCQ, Licensee ID: L00191261
Grant Date: 09/12/2000, Expiration Date: 09/12/2010, Certifier: Paul A Hoyle
Registrant: Paul A Hoyle, 4513 Fallston Rd, Fallston, NC 28042
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Businesses in Fallston, NC
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