Norridgewock, Maine

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Population in July 2007: 1,580.

Males: 780	(49.4%)
Females: 800	(50.6%)

Median resident age:	37.1 years
Maine median age:	38.6 years

Zip codes: 04957.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $38,573 (it was $31,458 in 2000)

Norridgewock:	$38,573
Maine:	$45,888

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $134,802 (it was $72,500 in 2000)

Norridgewock:	$134,802
Maine:	$176,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $171,319; Detached houses: $169,420; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $114,593; Mobile homes: $94,734

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Races in Norridgewock:

White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
American Indian (1.0%)
Two or more races (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Norridgewock: 90.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: French (22.2%), English (19.5%), Irish (16.7%), United States (13.9%), French Canadian (6.0%), German (5.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 06/18/1788

Elevation: 204 feet

Land area: 10.7 square miles.

Population density: 147 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in Norridgewock

High school or higher: 87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.4%
Unemployed: 5.7%
Mean travel time to work: 22.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Norridgewock CDP

Never married: 20.6%
Now married: 61.0%
Separated: 1.2%
Widowed: 3.5%
Divorced: 13.7%

8 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.5%
Maine:	2.9%

According to our research there were 15 registered sex offenders living in Norridgewock, Maine in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Norridgewock to the number of sex offenders is 105 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Norridgewock:	1.1% ($822)
Maine:	1.5% ($1,417)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (76.4 miles , pop. 64,249).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (177.9 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (338.4 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Skowhegan, ME (2.3 miles ), Mercer, ME (2.4 miles ), Skowhegan, ME (2.5 miles ), Smithfield, ME (2.5 miles ), Madison, ME (2.6 miles ), Starks, ME (2.7 miles ), Anson, ME (2.8 miles ).

Latitude: 44.72 N, Longitude: 69.79 W

Area code: 207

Norridgewock household income distribution

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (16%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
Paper (10%)
Leather and allied products (8%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (18%)
Health care (17%)
Leather and allied products (12%)
Public administration (7%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (14%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)

Average climate in Norridgewock, Maine

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Norridgewock, Maine average temperatures

Norridgewock, Maine average precipitation

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Norridgewock-area historical tornado activity is above Maine state average. It is 77% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/7/1971, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 2.6 miles away from the Norridgewock place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 9/4/1961, a category 2 tornado 7.3 miles away from the place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Norridgewock:

REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; SKOWHEGAN, ME)
INLAND HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; WATERVILLE, ME)
MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; WATERVILLE, ME)

Political contributions by individuals in Norridgewock, ME

Airports located in Norridgewock:

Central Maine Airport Of Norridgewock (Runways: 2, Itinerant Ops: 2,900, Local Ops: 6,900, Military Ops: 20)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Norridgewock:

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 18 miles; FARMINGTON, ME; Full-time enrollment: 2,229)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA (about 26 miles; AUGUSTA, ME; FT enrollment: 3,172)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE (about 61 miles; ORONO, ME; FT enrollment: 8,590)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE (about 76 miles; PORTLAND, ME; FT enrollment: 7,381)
SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 77 miles; STANDISH, ME; FT enrollment: 2,376)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (about 92 miles; BIDDEFORD, ME; FT enrollment: 2,251)
PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE (about 114 miles; PLYMOUTH, NH; FT enrollment: 3,542)

Public elementary/middle school in Norridgewock:

CENTRAL GRADE SCHOOL (Students: 270; Location: 26 MERCER RD PO BOX 98; Grades: Kindergarten - 6th Grade)

Private elementary/middle school in Norridgewock:

RIVERVIEW MEMORIAL SCHOOL (Students: 32; Location: 201 MERCER ROAD; Grades: KG - 10)

See full list of schools located in Norridgewock

Library in Norridgewock:

NORRIDGEWOCK FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $10,450; Location: SOPHIE MAY LANE; 16,462 books; 156 audio materials; 40 video materials; 14 serial subscriptions)

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Cemeteries: Old Oak Cemetery (1), Sunset View Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Mill Stream (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ledge Brook (A), Rogers Brook (B), Jones Brook (C), Turner Brook (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Norridgewock: Oosoola Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Norridgewock and their reported violations in the past:

NORRIDGEWOCK WATER DISTRICT (Population served: 1093, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-20-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-20-2004), St Public Notif received (OCT-22-2004)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-16-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-16-2002), St Public Notif received (OCT-07-2002), St Compliance achieved (DEC-10-2002)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-12-1997), St Compliance achieved (DEC-10-2002)

Past monitoring violations:

CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2005 and OCT-19-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-11-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-11-2005), St Compliance achieved (OCT-19-2005)

2 routine major monitoring violations

49 regular monitoring violations

Drinking water stations with addresses in Norridgewock that have no violations reported:

MY COUSINS PLACE (Population served: 210, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Maine:	2.4 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	75.6%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	11.8%
Whole state:	7.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	21.6%
Whole state:	10.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	7.2%
Whole state:	4.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Norridgewock, ME

Norridgewock compared to Maine 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.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below 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 Norridgewock (2009 data):

Skowhegan Savings Bank: Norridgewock Branch at 9 Main Street, branch established on 1964-04-06. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $438.9 mil, Deposits: $272.8 mil, headquarters in Skowhegan, ME, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 11 total offices

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School Enrollment by Level of School

Norridgewock mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (90%) Wood (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Religon statistics for Norridgewock

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Church of the Nazarene	National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Adherents	59.4%	7.5%	7.1%	4.4%	3.7%
Congregations	12.5%	12.5%	9.4%	7.8%	9.4%

Name	Assemblies of God	Seventh-Day Adventist Church	United Church of Christ	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Other religions
Adherents	3.3%	2.5%	2.3%	2.1%	7.8%
Congregations	6.3%	3.1%	6.3%	1.6%	31.3%

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.

7.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,924 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.04%
Maine average:	6.39%

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:

from Kennebec County, ME	2.09% ($29,363 average AGI)
from Penobscot County, ME	0.92% ($25,090)
from Franklin County, ME	0.30% ($36,655)

6.50% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,094 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.50%
Maine average:	6.44%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($151 average AGI)
Somerset County: 0.06%
Maine average: 0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Kennebec County, ME	2.00% ($26,873 average AGI)
to Penobscot County, ME	1.04% ($27,144)
to Cumberland County, ME	0.26% ($26,426)

Strongest AM radio stations in Norridgewock:

WSKW (1160 AM; 10 kW; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INCORPORATED)
WTME (780 AM; 10 kW; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WFAU (1280 AM; 5 kW; GARDINER, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WTVL (1490 AM; 1 kW; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WZON (620 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: THE ZONE CORPORATION)
WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WABI (910 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WMTW (870 AM; 10 kW; GORHAM, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WGAN (560 AM; 5 kW; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Norridgewock:

WHQO (107.9 FM; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INC.)
WTOS-FM (105.1 FM; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WCTB (93.5 FM; FAIRFIELD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INC.)
WWWA (95.3 FM; WINSLOW, ME; Owner: LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
WIGY (97.5 FM; MADISON, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WPKQ (103.7 FM; NORTH CONWAY, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WHOM (94.9 FM; MT. WASHINGTON, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWBX (97.1 FM; BANGOR, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WLOB-FM (96.3 FM; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: ATLANTIC COAST RADIO, LLC)
WEBB (98.5 FM; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WTBM (100.7 FM; MEXICO, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WQCB (106.5 FM; BREWER, ME; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WKTJ-FM (99.3 FM; FARMINGTON, ME; Owner: FRANKLIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WMEP (90.5 FM; CAMDEN, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP.)
WQSS (102.5 FM; CAMDEN, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WBFB (104.7 FM; BELFAST, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WMEW (91.3 FM; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WGUY (102.1 FM; DEXTER, ME; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WMME-FM (92.3 FM; AUGUSTA, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WJCX (99.5 FM; PITTSFIELD, ME; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)

TV broadcast stations around Norridgewock:

WFYW-LP (Channel 69; FAIRFIELD/WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
W21BI (Channel 21; FARMINGTON, ME; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
DW23AB (Channel 23; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: RUSSELL COMMUNICATIONS)

Norridgewock, Maine:

Fatal accident count: 16
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 25
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 6
Fatalities: 18
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 50
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2

Maine average:

Fatal accident count: 49
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 70
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 19
Fatalities: 55
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 120
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3

See more detailed statistics of Norridgewock fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3

Ricki Elerick, Sunset Hill Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 57.9 m, Overall height: 60.3 m
Leslie N Nixon, Sunset Hill Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.8 m, Overall height: 54.8 m
Fred Kleber, Sunset Hill Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 57.9 m, Overall height: 60.3 m, , Licensee ID: L00759842
Registrant: Global Tower, LLC, 1801 Clint Moore Road, Suite 110, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-0320, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

Rebecca St, Type: Building, Structure height: 4 m, Overall height: 5 m, Call Sign: WPMK846
Assigned Frequencies : 173.237 MHz
Grant Date: 10/24/2003, Expiration Date: 08/27/2013, Certifier: Mitchell Cole
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd 134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Fax: (949) 348-8510

FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1

Central Maine Regional Airport, Overall height: 9 m, Call Sign: KGY3
Assigned Frequencies : 122.800 MHz
Grant Date: 04/28/1997, Expiration Date: 05/27/2002, Cancelation Date: 09/01/2002
Registrant: Norridgewock Regional Airport Authority, Rr 1 Box 1760, Norridgewock, ME 04957

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 23 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Norridgewock)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 12 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Norridgewock)

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 21
Hazardous Condition: 47
Service Call: 4
Good Intent Call: 1

Incident types - Norridgewock

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