Grayson County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM10
Ozone
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 19.1. This is significantly better than average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 12.8. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 5.4 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Fries that have no violations reported:
- FRIES, TOWN OF (Population served: 614, Primary Water Source Type: Surface_water)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 23.4%
Average household size:
| This town: | 1.9 people | | Virginia: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 56.5% | | Whole state: | 67.5% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 3.0% | | 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: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fries, VA
Fries compared to Virginia state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- House age significantly 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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Banks with branches in Fries (2011 data):
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Fries Branch at 473 West Main Street, branch established on 1902/06/12. Info updated 2010/03/29: Bank assets: $168,867.6 mil, Deposits: $127,549.5 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1793 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (68%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Grayson County Virginia:
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Religion statistics for Fries (based on Grayson County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 42.88%
| Here |  | 42.9% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Churches of Christ |
| Adherents | 42.1% | 40.9% | 4.8% | 3.7% | 3.2% |
| Congregations | 23.9% | 40.8% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 7.0% |
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| Name | Separate Baptists in Christ | Church of God of Prophecy | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Other |
| Adherents | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Congregations | 4.2% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 11.3% |
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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: 4 | Grayson County: | 2.49 / 10,000 pop. | | Virginia: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | Grayson County: | 1.24 / 10,000 pop. | | Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 5 | Grayson County: | 3.11 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 9 | Here: | 5.60 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 10.2% | | Virginia: | 9.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Grayson County: | 24.9% | | Virginia: | 26.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 15.2% | | State: | 18.6% |
| 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 |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,352 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $1,918 | $23,016 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $3,818 | $22,908 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,216 | $26,592 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,138 | $25,656 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $1,800 | $21,600 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $11,890 | $23,780 | 1 | $1,352 |
Fries government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $81,000 ($168.05)
Solid Waste Management: $33,000 ($68.46)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $148,000 ($307.05)
Water Utilities: $117,000 ($242.74)
Regular Highways: $62,000 ($128.63)
Financial Administration: $46,000 ($95.44)
Police Protection: $32,000 ($66.39)
Solid Waste Management: $31,000 ($64.32)
Parks & Recreation: $7,000 ($14.52)
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $66,000 ($136.93)
All Other: $2,000 ($4.15)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $397,000 ($823.65)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $455,000 ($943.98)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $759,000 ($1574.69)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $93,000 ($192.95)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $57,000 ($118.26)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $21,000 ($43.57)
General Support: $3,000 ($6.22)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $50,000 ($103.73)
Property: $40,000 ($82.99)
Motor Vehicle License: $8,000 ($16.60)
NEC: $6,000 ($12.45)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $139,000 ($288.38)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $24,000 ($49.79)
4.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,977 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.76% | | Virginia average: | 11.06% |
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:
5.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,893 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.15% | | Virginia average: | 10.78% |
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 Fries:
- WWWJ (1360 AM; 5 kW; GALAX, VA; Owner: TWIN COUNTY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WSYD (1300 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: GRANITE CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WKSK (580 AM; 5 kW; W.JEFFERSON, NC; Owner: CADDELL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WYVE (1280 AM; 3 kW; WYTHEVILLE, VA; Owner: THREE RIVERS MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WBDY (1190 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WPIN (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: DUBLIN RADIO)
- WSGH (1040 AM; 9 kW; LEWISVILLE, NC; Owner: WINSTON-SALEM, GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT AREA RADIO)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fries:
- WBRF (98.1 FM; GALAX, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE RADIO, INC.)
- WVTR (91.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
- WPIN-FM (91.5 FM; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WPSK-FM (107.1 FM; PULASKI, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
- W267AN (101.3 FM; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC.)
- WMEV-FM (93.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
- WHAJ (104.5 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WOLD-FM (102.5 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: EMERALD SOUND, INC.)
- WHKX (106.3 FM; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WTQR (104.1 FM; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKOY-FM (100.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WPIB (91.1 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
- W285DJ (104.9 FM; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC,)
- WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSTG (95.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: PRINCETON BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Fries:
- WKPZ-LP (Channel 3; WYTHEVILLE, ETC., VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 - 0.52 Mi Se Of State Rte 94 (Lat: 36.711111 Lon: -80.978972), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.5 m, Overall height: 60.6 m, Call Sign: KNKN715, Licensee ID: L00127162
Assigned Frequencies: 869.040 MHz, 869.040 MHz, 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz Grant Date: 06/23/2009, Expiration Date: 10/01/2011
Registrant: Uscoc Of Virginia Rsa #2, Inc. - 0.52 Mi Se Of State Rte 94 (Lat: 36.711083 Lon: -80.978944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.5 m, Overall height: 60.6 m, Call Sign: WQGL592
Assigned Frequencies: 869.040 MHz, 869.040 MHz, 869.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz Grant Date: 01/15/2009, Expiration Date: 07/14/2009, Cancellation Date: 07/02/2009, Certifier: Mark L Gartley
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., Nw, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4 - Peter M Connolly, 0.52 Mi Se Of State Rte 94 (Lat: 36.711083 Lon: -80.978944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.5 m, Overall height: 60.6 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
- Mark L Gartley, 0.52 Mi Se Of State Rte 94 (Lat: 36.711083 Lon: -80.978944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.5 m, Overall height: 60.6 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
- Mark L Gartley, 0.52 Mi Se Of State Rte 94 (Lat: 36.711111 Lon: -80.978972), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.5 m, Overall height: 60.6 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
- Mark L Gartley, 0.52 Mi Se Of State Rte 94 (Lat: 36.711111 Lon: -80.978972), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.5 m, Overall height: 60.6 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Jones Knob 6.1 Mi Nw (Lat: 36.765972 Lon: -81.072806), Type: Pipe, Structure height: 3 m, Overall height: 5.2 m, Call Sign: WQHR216
Assigned Frequencies: 169.500 MHz Grant Date: 10/11/2007, Expiration Date: 10/11/2017, Certifier: Michael A Nelson
Registrant: Virginia Department Of Emergency Management, 10501 Trade Court, Richmond, VA 23236-3713, Phone: (804) 674-2479, Fax: (804) 674-2419, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 9 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Fries)
| Most common first names in Fries, VA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 53 | 71.6 years |
| William | 38 | 73.2 years |
| John | 31 | 74.7 years |
| Mary | 28 | 77.6 years |
| Robert | 21 | 71.8 years |
| Charles | 17 | 69.0 years |
| Walter | 17 | 78.0 years |
| George | 16 | 77.7 years |
| Virginia | 15 | 79.7 years |
| Charlie | 13 | 77.1 years |
| Most common last names in Fries, VA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Vaughan | 45 | 74.1 years |
| Funk | 43 | 76.8 years |
| Jones | 38 | 77.8 years |
| Hill | 32 | 74.6 years |
| Shupe | 30 | 77.1 years |
| Moore | 28 | 77.1 years |
| Anders | 23 | 72.9 years |
| Hall | 21 | 74.7 years |
| Williams | 21 | 75.5 years |
| Martin | 17 | 78.8 years |
- #57 on the list of "Top 100 safest cities (lowest city-data.com crime index)"
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