Sullivan 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
PM2.5
Ozone
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 37.7. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 11.5. This is about average. Closest monitor was 22.3 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Merom and their reported violations in the past:
MEROM MUNICIPAL WATER CO. (Population served: 421, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2000 and APR-01-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-20-2000), St Compliance achieved (2 times from NOV-29-2000 to APR-01-2004)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and APR-01-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-24-1999), Fed Formal NOV issued (APR-12-2000), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2004)
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
- One minor monitoring violation
- 21 regular monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 10.5%
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.3 people | | Indiana: | 2.6 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 59.6% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 8.3% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Merom, IN
Merom compared to Indiana state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage 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:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Sullivan County Indiana:
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Religion statistics for Merom (based on Sullivan County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 36.55%
| Here |  | 36.6% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | American Baptist Churches in the USA | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Southern Baptist Convention |
| Adherents | 22.1% | 19.0% | 18.3% | 10.4% | 6.0% |
| Congregations | 6.8% | 6.8% | 28.8% | 20.3% | 6.8% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | General Conference Churches of God | New Testament Association Independent Baptist Churches/Other Fundamental Baptists | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other |
| Adherents | 5.3% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 9.8% |
| Congregations | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 5.1% | 20.3% |
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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: 5 | Sullivan County: | 2.34 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 1.73 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 12 | Sullivan County: | 5.62 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 3.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 15 | Here: | 7.03 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.78 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 8.6% | | Indiana: | 9.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Sullivan County: | 27.9% | | Indiana: | 29.0% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 16.4% | | State: | 14.3% |
| 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 | | 4 | $873 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $873 |
Merom government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $4,000 ($17.54)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $33,000 ($144.74)
General - Other: $22,000 ($96.49)
Regular Highways: $3,000 ($13.16)
Parks & Recreation: $1,000 ($4.39)
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $9,000 ($39.47)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $237,000 ($1039.47)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $230,000 ($1008.77)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $7,000 ($30.70)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $3,000 ($13.16)
General Revenue, NEC: $1,000 ($4.39)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $1,000 ($4.39)
General - Other: $1,000 ($4.39)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $144,000 ($631.58)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $58,000 ($254.39)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $6,000 ($26.32)
General Support: $4,000 ($17.54)
- Tax - Property: $19,000 ($83.33)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $14,000 ($61.40)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $15,000 ($65.79)
5.36% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,245 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.36% | | Indiana average: | 6.54% |
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:
6.11% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,262 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.11% | | Indiana average: | 6.56% |
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 Merom:
- WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WPFR (1480 AM; 5 kW; TERRE HAUTE, IN)
- KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
- KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNDI (1550 AM; 0 kW; SULLIVAN, IN; Owner: J T M BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
- WLBH (1170 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MATTOON, IL; Owner: MATTOON BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Merom:
- WNDI-FM (95.3 FM; SULLIVAN, IN; Owner: J T M BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WQTY (93.3 FM; LINTON, IN; Owner: THE ORIGINAL COMPANY, INC.)
- WTYE (101.7 FM; ROBINSON, IL; Owner: ANN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WBOW-FM (102.7 FM; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: CROSSROADS INVESTMENTS, LLC)
- WMMC (105.9 FM; MARSHALL, IL; Owner: JDL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WUZR (105.7 FM; BICKNELL, IN; Owner: OLD NORTHWEST BROADCASTING INC.)
- WMGI (100.7 FM; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: BRIGHT TOWER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCBH (104.3 FM; CASEY, IL; Owner: TWO PETAZ, INC.)
- WVUB (91.1 FM; VINCENNES, IN; Owner: VINCENNES UNIVERSITY)
- WFML (96.7 FM; VINCENNES, IN; Owner: THE VINCENNES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WTHI-FM (99.9 FM; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WISU (89.7 FM; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: INDIANA STATE UNIV. BD. OF TRUSTEES)
- WZDM (92.1 FM; VINCENNES, IN; Owner: OLD NORTHWEST BROADCASTING INC.)
- WATI (89.9 FM; VINCENNES, IN; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WAKO-FM (103.1 FM; LAWRENCEVILLE, IL; Owner: LAWRENCEVILLE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Merom:
- WTWO (Channel 2; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF THE MIDWEST, INC.)
- WBAK-TV (Channel 38; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: INDIANA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WTHI-TV (Channel 10; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
- W57AO (Channel 57; ROBINSON, IL; Owner: FULL GOS. BUS. MENS. FELLOW INTL.)
- WUSI-TV (Channel 16; OLNEY, IL; Owner: BD. OF TRUSTEES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY)
- WVUT (Channel 22; VINCENNES, IN; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE VINCENNES UNIV.)
- W43BV (Channel 43; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3 - William C Ware, N Of Hwy 54 6 Km E (Lat: 39.063167 Lon: -87.513056), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 93.3 m
Registrant: Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., 7398 N. State Road 37, Bloomington, IN 47402, Phone: (812) 876-0366, Email:
- William C Ware, N Of Hwy 54 6 Km E (Lat: 39.063167 Lon: -87.513056), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 93.3 m
Registrant: Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., 7398 N. State Road 37, Bloomington, IN 47402, Phone: (812) 876-0366, Email:
- N Of Hwy 54 6 Km E (Lat: 39.063056 Lon: -87.512778), Type: Tower, Structure height: 90.8 m, Overall height: 93.5 m
Registrant: Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc, Bloomington, IN 47402, Phone: (812) 876-0241, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - 5603 W Sr 58 (Lat: 38.986722 Lon: -87.516694), Type: Building, Structure height: 25 m, Call Sign: KVS890
Assigned Frequencies: 152.885 MHz Grant Date: 03/27/2003, Expiration Date: 03/02/2013, Certifier: Oren W Mann
Registrant: Palco Enterprises Inc, Franklin, KY 42135, Phone: (270) 586-5986, Fax: (270) 586-5390
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - MEROM, N Of Hwy 54 6 Km E (Lat: 39.063167 Lon: -87.513056), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 93.3 m, Call Sign: WEE911
Assigned Frequencies: 6625.00 MHz, 6795.00 MHz, 6345.49 MHz Grant Date: 08/20/2002, Expiration Date: 07/29/2012
Registrant: Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., 7398 North State Road 37, Bloomington, IN 47402-0908, Phone: (812) 876-0366, Fax: (812) 876-0314, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2 - Call Sign: K9DXB
Grant Date: 05/15/1998, Expiration Date: 05/15/2008
Registrant: Robert L Kennedy, 7 South Sr 63, Merom, IN 47861-8004 - Call Sign: KB9PTO, Licensee ID: L01226644
Grant Date: 12/22/2006, Expiration Date: 03/06/2017, Certifier: Steven D Smith
Registrant: Steven D Smith, 8409 W Sr 58, Merom, IN 47861
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: CESSNA 150M (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 81 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 66614 , Serial Number: 15076156, Year manufactured: 1974, Airworthiness Date: 09/19/1974
Registrant (Individual): Warren E Cole, 6378 S Co Rd 775w, Merom, IN 47861
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Merom, IN among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 8 | 75.8 years |
| Robert | 7 | 72.4 years |
| John | 6 | 80.0 years |
| Mary | 4 | 80.5 years |
| Edward | 4 | 83.5 years |
| Charles | 4 | 88.0 years |
| Ruby | 4 | 69.8 years |
| Joseph | 3 | 70.7 years |
| Floyd | 3 | 59.0 years |
| Grace | 3 | 76.0 years |
| Most common last names in Merom, IN among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Bogard | 11 | 78.0 years |
| Thompson | 8 | 75.3 years |
| Brown | 6 | 72.5 years |
| Burke | 5 | 80.6 years |
| Cox | 5 | 80.8 years |
| Pirtle | 5 | 73.4 years |
| Scott | 5 | 76.8 years |
| Daugherty | 4 | 72.2 years |
| Arnett | 4 | 72.3 years |
| Cooper | 4 | 77.0 years |
- #3 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Communications equipment operators"
- #12 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Data processing and other information services"
- #14 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Petroleum and coal products"
- #15 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers"
- #18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Supervisors, construction and extraction workers"
- #28 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of likely lesbian couples (counted as self-reported female-female unmarried-partner households)"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Construction and extraction occupations:"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
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