Columbia County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Ghent and their reported violations in the past:
KOZELS RESTAURANT (Address: 1006 ROUTE 9H, Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
MEADOWGREENS (Address: 1238 ROUTE 9H, Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
- 3 regular monitoring violations
THE SKATE FACTORY (Address: 1131 ROUTE 9H, Population served: 99, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
LOVE APPLE FARM (Address: 11421 RTE 9H, Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
ONOLAS GRANOLA BAKERY (Address: 327 COUNTY ROUTE 21C, Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Ghent that have no violations reported:
- TURNPIKE INN (Population served: 75, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- SUMMER @ HAWTHORNE VALLEY FARM (Address: RD #2, BOX 225, Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- HAWTHORNE VALLEY FARM STORE (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Average household size:
| This place: |  2.5 people | | New York: |  2.6 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This place: | 71.8% | | Whole state: | 65.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This place: | 3.8% | | Whole state: | 5.4% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This place: | 3.5% | | Whole state: | 14.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This place: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 7.4% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ghent, NY
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Ghent compared to New York state average:
- Median household income above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Columbia County New York:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (80%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
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Religion statistics for Ghent
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 45.77%
| Here | | 45.8% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Reformed Church in America | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Episcopal Church |
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| Adherents | 59.8% | 9.7% | 8.9% | 8.5% | 4.3% |
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| Congregations | 13.6% | 18.5% | 16.0% | 13.6% | 8.6% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Lutheran Church | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Friends (Quakers) | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 4.1% |
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| Congregations | 6.2% | 3.7% | 1.2% | 3.7% | 14.8% |
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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.
5.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($77,098 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.09% | | New York average: | 5.41% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($401 average AGI)| Columbia County: | 0.05% | | New York average: | 0.24% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($59,341 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.74% | | New York average: | 6.26% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($152 average AGI)| Columbia County: | 0.05% | | New York average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Ghent:
- WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WPTR (1540 AM; 50 kW; ALBANY, NY; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
- WROW (590 AM; 5 kW; ALBANY, NY; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
- WTIC (1080 AM; 50 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- WUHN (1110 AM; daytime; 5 kW; PITTSFIELD, MA; Owner: WEINER BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSBS (860 AM; 3 kW; GREAT BARRINGTON, MA; Owner: BERKSHIRE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WTMM (1300 AM; 5 kW; RENSSELAER, NY; Owner: REGENT LICENSEE OF MANSFIELD, INC.)
- WHUC (1230 AM; 1 kW; HUDSON, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WDDY (1460 AM; 5 kW; ALBANY, NY)
- WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ghent:
- WHVP (91.1 FM; HUDSON, NY; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE, INC.)
- WAMQ (105.1 FM; GREAT BARRINGTON, MA; Owner: WAMC)
- WAMC-FM (90.3 FM; ALBANY, NY; Owner: WAMC)
- WAMK (90.9 FM; KINGSTON, NY; Owner: W A M C)
- WFGB (89.7 FM; KINGSTON, NY; Owner: SOUND OF LIFE, INC.)
- WAJZ (96.3 FM; VOORHEESVILLE, NY; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
- WBEC-FM (105.5 FM; PITTSFIELD, MA; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, LLC)
- WZMR (104.9 FM; ALTAMONT, NY; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
- WUPE (95.9 FM; PITTSFIELD, MA; Owner: WEINER BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WYJB (95.5 FM; ALBANY, NY; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
- WZEC (97.5 FM; HOOSICK FALLS, NY; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, LLC)
- WCTW (98.5 FM; CATSKILL, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WGNA-FM (107.7 FM; ALBANY, NY; Owner: REGENT LICENSEE OF MANSFIELD, INC.)
- WRVE (99.5 FM; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMHT-FM (89.1 FM; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: WMHT EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
- WPYX (106.5 FM; ALBANY, NY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WEQX (102.7 FM; MANCHESTER, VT; Owner: NORTHSHIRE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WRIP (97.9 FM; WINDHAM, NY; Owner: RIP RADIO, LLC)
- WVCR-FM (88.3 FM; LOUDONVILLE, NY; Owner: SIENA COLLEGE)
- WFLY (92.3 FM; TROY, NY; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Ghent:
- WNYT (Channel 13; ALBANY, NY; Owner: WNYT-TV, LLC)
- WRGB (Channel 6; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF NEW YORK, INC)
- WEWB-TV (Channel 45; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: WEWB, L.L.C.)
- WTEN (Channel 10; ALBANY, NY; Owner: YOUNG BROADCASTING OF ALBANY, INC.)
- WMHT (Channel 17; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: WMHT EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
- WXXA-TV (Channel 23; ALBANY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Ghent, New York:
- Fatal accident count: 9
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 17
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 4
- Fatalities: 10
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 28
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
New York average:
- Fatal accident count: 71
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 103
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 19
- Fatalities: 77
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 178
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 10
See more detailed statistics of Ghent fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1- Tim McDougall, 77 Louden Road ( 307198 ), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.5 m, Overall height: 60.9 m
Registrant: Spectrasite Communications, Inc. Through American Tower, Inc., 116 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116, Phone: (617) 585-7600
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1- Leggett Rd, Call Sign: WRG467, Licensee ID: L00069896
Assigned Frequencies : 152.870 MHz
Grant Date: 04/21/2004, Expiration Date: 06/26/2014
Registrant: Gallaghers Angus Farm, Inc., 349 Leggett Rd, Ghent, NY 12075, Phone: (518) 392-4110, Fax: (518) 392-4115, Email:
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1- Columbia County Airport, Type: Building, Structure height: 9 m, Overall height: 12 m, Call Sign: KWJ5
Assigned Frequencies : 123.050 MHz
Grant Date: 02/19/2009, Expiration Date: 01/21/2019
Registrant: County Of Columbia, Middlesex, NY 14507, Phone: (585) 509-1442, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 18 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Ghent)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 16 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Ghent)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 15
- Hazardous Condition: 16
- Service Call: 2
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Ghent, NY
Ghent on our top lists:
- #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2004 Presidential Election"
- #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
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