Drinking water stations with addresses in Kettle River that have no violations reported:
- KETTLE RIVER (Population served: 174, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- WEST SIDE CHURCH (Address: PO Box 67, Population served: 75, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.2 people | | Minnesota: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 58.7% | | Whole state: | 66.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 8.0% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 7.9% | | Whole state: | 7.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 3.0% | | Whole state: | 3.2% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Kettle River, MN
Kettle River compared to Minnesota state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of rooms per house below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Carlton County Minnesota:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
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Religion statistics for Kettle River
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 53.80%
| Here | | 53.8% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Lutheran Church | Association of Free Lutheran Congregations-Number of Adherents | United Methodist Church |
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| Adherents | 39.1% | 34.3% | 10.5% | 4.8% | 3.0% |
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| Congregations | 12.8% | 27.7% | 12.8% | 1731.9% | 8.5% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | The Evangelical Covenant Church | Baptist General Conference | Episcopal Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
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| Congregations | 6.4% | 8.5% | 4.3% | 4.3% | -1717.0% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $3,944 | $47,328 | 1 | $218 |
| Fire - Other |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $104 |
| Streets and Highways |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,012 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $442 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,222 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $3,944 | $47,328 | 9 | $2,998 |
Kettle River government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $48,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $33,000
All Other: $29,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $106,000
Sewerage: $36,000
Financial Administration: $32,000
Water Utilities: $17,000
Fire Protection: $17,000
Regular Highways: $13,000
Parks & Recreation: $7,000
Central Staff Services: $4,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000
- Employee Retirement - Total Other Securities: $72,000
Total Cash & Deposits: $9,000
From Other Government: $6,000
Local Employee Contribution: $1,000
Interest Revenue: $-5,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $70,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $20,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $506,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $54,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $432,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $20,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $13,000
Interest Earnings: $8,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $18,000
Parks & Recreation: $8,000
Fire Protection: $2,000
Regular Highways: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $617,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $22,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $40,000
All Other: $12,000
- Tax - Property: $37,000
NEC: $4,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $110,000
5.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,092 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.86% | | Minnesota average: | 7.79% |
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:
6.03% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,174 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.03% | | Minnesota average: | 7.84% |
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 Kettle River:
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
- WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KDAL (610 AM; 5 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WNMT (650 AM; 10 kW; NASHWAUK, MN; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, L.L.C.)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WBHR (660 AM; 10 kW; SAUK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: HERBERT M. HOPPE)
- KKIN (930 AM; 3 kW; AITKIN, MN; Owner: QUARNSTROM MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Kettle River:
- WMOZ (106.9 FM; MOOSE LAKE, MN; Owner: AGATE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KBMX (107.7 FM; PROCTOR, MN; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF DULUTH, INC.)
- WWAX (92.1 FM; HERMANTOWN, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)
- WSCN (100.5 FM; CLOQUET, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WMLA-LP (99.7 FM; MOOSE LAKE, MN; Owner: MOOSE LAKE ADVENTIST BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
TV broadcast stations around Kettle River:
- WDIO-TV (Channel 10; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WDIO-TV, LLC)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1- 1/4 Mi S, Call Sign: WPL89
Assigned Frequencies : 158.160 MHz
Grant Date: 09/13/2002, Expiration Date: 10/05/2012, Cancelation Date: 05/31/2005, Certifier: James L Goodin
Registrant: B V Larson Inc., 1082 West Bone Lake Ln, Milltown, WI 54858, Phone: (715) 857-5557, Fax: (715) 857-5557, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3- Call Sign: KB0UKC, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00208732
Grant Date: 09/18/2007, Expiration Date: 11/06/2016, Certifier: Cindy L Berg
Registrant: Cindy L Berg, 5036 Moline Road, Kettle River, MN 55757 - Call Sign: KC0DMA, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00160189
Grant Date: 07/27/1999, Expiration Date: 05/07/2008, Cancelation Date: 10/05/1999
Registrant: Steven J Gerdes, 5610 County Rd 12, Kettle River, MN 55757 - Call Sign: KI0QZ, Previous Call Sign: KC0DMA, Licensee ID: L00160189
Grant Date: 07/27/1999, Expiration Date: 05/07/2008, Certifier: Steven J Gerdes
Registrant: Steven J Gerdes, 5610 County Rd 12, Kettle River, MN 55757
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Kettle River on our top lists:
- #50 (55757) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Finnish first ancestries"
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