Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  18.1% | | Whole state: |  13.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 3.8% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Mountain City, GA
Mountain City compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage 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 Rabun County Georgia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
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Religion statistics for Mountain City
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 65.3% | 13.5% | 6.6% | 5.9% | 4.5% |
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| Congregations | 40.5% | 16.7% | 11.9% | 2.4% | 14.3% |
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| Name | Episcopal Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Assemblies of God | Churches of Christ | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.4% | N/A |
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| Congregations | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 4.8% |
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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.
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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 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $886 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $4,960 | $29,760 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $4,960 | $29,760 | 1 | $886 |
Mountain City government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $96,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $31,000
All Other: $2,000
- Current Operations - Health Services - Other: $123,000
Police Protection: $89,000
Water Utilities: $50,000
Sewerage: $33,000
Regular Highways: $9,000
Financial Administration: $8,000
Central Staff Services: $7,000
General - Other: $7,000
General Public Buildings: $2,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $5,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $0
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Water Utilities: $25,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $638,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $630,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $8,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $42,000
Interest Earnings: $2,000
Rents: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $71,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $47,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $21,000
- Tax - Other Selective Sales: $30,000
Public Utilities: $23,000
NEC: $4,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $57,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $29,000
7.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($74,904 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.22% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
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:
6.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,375 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.80% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
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 Mountain City:
- WALH (1340 AM; 1 kW; MOUNTAIN CITY, GA; Owner: VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS CO.)
- WGHC (1370 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
- WPFJ (1480 AM; 5 kW; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: DRAKE ENTERPRISES, LTD.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WDUN (550 AM; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: JWJ PROPERTIRS, INC.)
- WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WGCR (720 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PISGAH FOREST, NC; Owner: ANCHOR BAPTIST BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)
- WLET (1420 AM; 5 kW; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
Strongest FM radio stations in Mountain City:
- WRBN (104.1 FM; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WFQS (91.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- W269AY (101.7 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- W277AL (103.3 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORPORATION)
- WHLC (104.5 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORP.)
- WCVP-FM (95.9 FM; ROBBINSVILLE, NC; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WNCC-FM (96.7 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- W237AR (95.3 FM; HAZELWOOD, ETC., NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHZT (98.1 FM; SENECA, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRAF (90.9 FM; TOCCOA FALLS, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WNGC (106.1 FM; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING OF PENSACOLA, INC)
- WTFH (89.9 FM; HELEN, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- W218AD (91.5 FM; BREVARD, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WHEL (105.1 FM; HELEN, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WQNS (104.9 FM; WAYNESVILLE, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WIVK-FM (107.7 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
TV broadcast stations around Mountain City:
- W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- W06AE (Channel 6; CLAYTON, ETC., GA; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
- WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
- WNEG-TV (Channel 32; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- W27BD (Channel 62; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
Mountain City fatal accident list:
Dec 12, 2007 12:18 AM, Sr-15, Cathey Rd, Lat: 34.924953, Lon: -83.386911, Vehicles: 1, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Feb 18, 1996 02:30 AM, Sr15, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Oct 27, 1984 10:18 AM, 15, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2- Call Sign: N4PYZ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01232282
Grant Date: 01/08/2007, Expiration Date: 03/31/2017, Certifier: William R Fountain
Registrant: William R Fountain, Mountain City, GA 30562-0198 - Call Sign: N4QMM, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01232280
Grant Date: 01/08/2007, Expiration Date: 03/31/2017, Certifier: William K Fountain
Registrant: William K Fountain, Mountain City, GA 30562-0198
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